political

\pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\

/\pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\/ adj

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The verdict

“political” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,695
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Politique (qui a rapport aux affaires publiques).

Corpus desk

Index FR-political · political · French

political · rank #28,695 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,695
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poivrons

Nearest frequency peer: poivrons (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « political »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « political » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

political vs politics
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for political
PropertyValue
Headwordpolitical
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,695
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « political »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).politicalse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « poivrons » (#28,694), « ponction » (#28,696), « pocket » (#28,693). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « political » est au #28,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around political (IPA \pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,695 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Politique (qui a rapport aux affaires publiques).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for political, with forms such as "oplitical", "ploitical", and "poiltical". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "politics", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is political, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Politique (qui a rapport aux affaires publiques).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplitical
  • ploitical
  • poiltical
  • poliitcal
  • politcial
  • politiacl
  • politicall
  • politiccal
  • politicla
  • polittical
  • pollitical
  • poltiical
  • ppolitical

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of political - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oplitical2ploitical2poiltical2poliitcal2politcial2politiacl2politicall1politiccal1
Edit distance from "political"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "political"?
"political" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\.
What does "political" mean?
As an adjective, "political" means: Politique (qui a rapport aux affaires publiques).
What words are commonly confused with "political"?
"political" is commonly confused with "politics". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "political"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "political" is \pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "political" come from?
"political" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "political", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

promènent#28,699Philibert#28,689Patterson#28,682reverrons#28,723

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

rassurante13 variantssaisissent13 variantsspectres13 variantsspéculer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list