político

/[poˈlit̪iko]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#540

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

político is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a la política (las prácticas, saberes e ideologías sobre el gobierno de las naciones). Pronounced [poˈlit̪iko]. It ranks #540 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pórtico and positivo.

Key facts for político
PropertyValue
Headwordpolítico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[poˈlit̪iko]
Letters8
Frequency rank#540
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of político in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for político is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈlit̪iko]. Corpus data places it at rank #540 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for político, with forms such as "oplítico", "ploítico", and "pollítico". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pórtico", "positivo", "políticos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is político, spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a la política (las prácticas, saberes e ideologías sobre el gobierno de las naciones).
  2. 2
    Que pertenece o concierne a la política (profesión de quienes están o aspiran a estar a cargo de los asuntos públicos).
  3. 3
    De buenos modales.
  4. 4
    De una cortesía poco expresiva.
  5. 5
    Dicho de un parentesco, que no viene por consanguinidad sino que se adquiere por el matrimonio.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplítico,ploítico,pollítico,poltíico,políitco,polítcio,políticco,polítioc,políttico,poíltico,ppolítico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for político

Misspelling Variants of "político"

oplítico8ploítico8pollítico9poltíico8políitco8polítcio8políticco9polítioc8
Misspelling Variants of "político"

Frequency rank: #540 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "político"?
"político" is spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈlit̪iko].
What does "político" mean?
As an adj, "político" means: Que pertenece o concierne a la política (las prácticas, saberes e ideologías sobre el gobierno de las naciones).
What words are commonly confused with "político"?
"político" is commonly confused with "pórtico", "positivo", "políticos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "político"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "político" is [poˈlit̪iko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "político" come from?
"político" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.