# polity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #33,795

## Definitions
1. Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
2. A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.

## Etymology
From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).

## Easily confused with
- **Polly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polity-vs-polly)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polity-vs-potty)
- **posit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polity-vs-posit)
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polity-vs-purity)
- **pity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pity-vs-polity)
- **polio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polio-vs-polity)
- **Pliny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pliny-vs-polity)
- **police** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/police-vs-polity)
- **policy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/policy-vs-polity)
- **Polish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polish-vs-polity)
- **polite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polite-vs-polity)
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parity-vs-polity)
- **pointy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-polity)
- **politic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/politic-vs-polity)
- **politely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/politely-vs-polity)
- **polarity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polarity-vs-polity)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oplity`, `ploity`, `poilty`, `politty`, `polityy`, `poliyt`, `pollity`, `poltiy`, `ppolity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/polity