politics

\ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\

/\ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\/ noun

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The verdict

“politics” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,080
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Politique (en tant que compétition pour la conquête et la conservation du pouvoir ; définition machiavelienne)

Corpus desk

Index FR-politics · politics · French

politics · rank #25,080 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,080
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plénitude

Nearest frequency peer: plénitude (-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 « politics »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « politics » 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).

politics vs positifs
75% similar
politics vs political
78% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « politics »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.politicsse 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 « plénitude » (#25,079), « pompage » (#25,081), « playboy » (#25,078). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « politics » est au #25,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around politics (IPA \ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,080 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for politics, with forms such as "oplitics", "ploitics", and "poiltics". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is politics, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of politics - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oplitics2ploitics2poiltics2poliitcs2politcis2politiccs1politicss1politisc2
Edit distance from "politics"

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 "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. 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

piraterie12 variantspressenti12 variantsoctroyer12 variantspétards12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list