política
[poˈlit̪ika]
The verdict
“política” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #249 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #249
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de prácticas, saberes e ideologías respecto al gobierno de las naciones.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | política |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈlit̪ika] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “política” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for política is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈlit̪ika]. Corpus data places it at rank #249 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for política, with forms such as "oplítica", "ploítica", and "pollítica". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "político", "positiva", "políticos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is política, spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de prácticas, saberes e ideologías respecto al gobierno de las naciones.
- 2Profesión de quienes están o aspiran a estar a cargo de los asuntos públicos, civiles o ciudadanos.
- 3Conjunto de ideales y estrategias que guían la toma de decisiones para la consecución de unos objetivos.
- 4Dirección general que determina el modo de proceder de un individuo, grupo o entidad en un tema determinado.
- 5Manera de comportarse convencionalmente aceptada como buena.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oplítica,ploítica,pollítica,poltíica,políitca,polítcia,polítiac,políticca,políttica,poíltica,ppolítica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of política - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “política”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poˈlit̪ika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “político” - see the side-by-side comparison. política vs político
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.