Politik

\po.li.ˈtiːk\

/\po.li.ˈtiːk\/ noun

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The verdict

“Politik” is uncommon French (frequency #64,697 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,697
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Politique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-politik · Politik · French

Politik · rank #64,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,697
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poitrail

Nearest frequency peer: poitrail (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Politik »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Politik » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Politik
PropertyValue
HeadwordPolitik
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.li.ˈtiːk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,697
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Politik » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Politiktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « poitrail » (#64,696), « poll » (#64,698), « poetry » (#64,695). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Politik » est au #64,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Politik is uncommon French at frequency #64,697 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.li.ˈtiːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Politik, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Politik, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Politique.
  2. 2
    Science politique.
  3. 3
    Politique, ligne de conduite ou comportement stratégique personnel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Politik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Interresieren Sie sich für Politik, Herr Braun?
  2. Ich unterstütze die Politik unserer Regierung nicht.

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 "Politik"?
"Politik" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is \po.li.ˈtiːk\.
What does "Politik" mean?
As a noun, "Politik" means: Politique.
How do you pronounce "Politik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Politik" is \po.li.ˈtiːk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Politik" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

porcins#64,701Pigasse#64,690Praslin#64,705peigner#64,677

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list