politics

/\ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,080

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

politics is aFrenchnoun. It means: Politique (en tant que compétition pour la conquête et la conservation du pouvoir ; définition machiavelienne) Pronounced \ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\. Often confused with positifs and political.

Key facts for politics
PropertyValue
Headwordpolitics
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,080
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of politics in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for politics is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,080 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for politics, with forms such as "oplitics", "ploitics", and "poiltics". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "positifs", "political", 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 French form is politics, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Politique (en tant que compétition pour la conquête et la conservation du pouvoir ; définition machiavelienne)
  2. 2
    Enjeux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplitics,ploitics,poiltics,poliitcs,politcis,politiccs,politicss,politisc,polittics,pollitics,poltiics,ppolitics

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for politics

Misspelling Variants of "politics"

oplitics8ploitics8poiltics8poliitcs8politcis8politiccs9politicss9politisc8
Misspelling Variants of "politics"

Frequency rank: #25,080 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "politics"?
"politics" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\.
What does "politics" mean?
As a noun, "politics" means: Politique (en tant que compétition pour la conquête et la conservation du pouvoir ; définition machiavelienne)
What words are commonly confused with "politics"?
"politics" is commonly confused with "positifs", "political". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "politics"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "politics" is \ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "politics" come from?
"politics" is a French 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.