économie politique

noun

The verdict

“économie politique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discipline des sciences sociales qui étudie les relations entre l’économie, le pouvoir politique et les institutions, notamment en matière de production, de distribution et de régulation des riches...

Key facts for économie politique
PropertyValue
Headwordéconomie politique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “économie politique” sits in French frequency

économie politique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

économie politique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline des sciences sociales qui étudie les relations entre l’économie, le pouvoir politique et les institutions, notamment en matière de production, de distribution et de régulation des riches...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for économie politique, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is économie politique, spelled É-C-O-N-O-M-I-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discipline des sciences sociales qui étudie les relations entre l’économie, le pouvoir politique et les institutions, notamment en matière de production, de distribution et de régulation des richesses. Elle comprend aussi les courants critiques opposés à une approche apolitique de l’économie.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "économie politique"?
"économie politique" is spelled É-C-O-N-O-M-I-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E.
What does "économie politique" mean?
As a noun, "économie politique" means: Discipline des sciences sociales qui étudie les relations entre l’économie, le pouvoir politique et les institutions, notamment en matière de production, de distribution et de régulation des riches...
What language does "économie politique" come from?
"économie politique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “économie politique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-C-O-N-O-M-I-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list