politiquement correct
\po.li.tik.mɑ̃ kɔ.ʁɛkt\
The verdict
“politiquement correct” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est conforme au politiquement correct.
Corpus desk
Index FR-politiquement-correct · politiquement correct · French
politiquement correct · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | politiquement correct |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \po.li.tik.mɑ̃ kɔ.ʁɛkt\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
politiquement correct is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \po.li.tik.mɑ̃ kɔ.ʁɛkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est conforme au politiquement correct.".
politiquement correct has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is politiquement correct, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T- -C-O-R-R-E-C-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est conforme au politiquement correct.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how politiquement correct appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La langue courante a, elle aussi, dissimulé la folie sous des défroques politiquement correctes. On supprime allégrement la folie pour la remplacer par le déséquilibre , la déraison , l’égarement , le dérèglement mental ou le dérangement mental. Si cela s'aggrave on parlera d’alienation mentale mais jamais, au grand jamais, de folie.
Pour rédiger ce livre, nous avons choisi les mots et expressions politiquement corrects les plus connus et les plus utilisés dans la presse, écrite ou parlée ; le lecteur ne devrait pas rencontrer de difficultés particulières pour les identifier.
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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.