política

//po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#397

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

política is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ciência do governo de instituições relativas ao Estado Pronounced /po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). It ranks #397 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with politics and political.

Key facts for política
PropertyValue
Headwordpolítica
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
Letters8
Frequency rank#397
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of política in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for política is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #397 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for política, with forms such as "oplítica", "ploítica", and "pollítica". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "politics", "political", "polícia", and more, 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 Portuguese form is política, spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciência do governo de instituições relativas ao Estado
  2. 2
    conjunto de regras relativas ao exercício de administração pública
  3. 3
    arte ou habilidade de governar bem
  4. 4
    conjunto de objetivos que orientam a administração de um governo (plataforma)
  5. 5
    conjunto de objetivos que orientam a execução das atividades de um plano
  6. 6
    princípio ideológico sustentado pelo Estado
  7. 7
    atividades realizadas pelos candidatos e seus adeptos durante a campanha eleitoral
  8. 8
    habilidade de alcançar objetivos através de relações humanas
  9. 9
    astúcia, ardil

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplítica,ploítica,pollítica,poltíica,políitca,polítcia,polítiac,políticca,políttica,poíltica,ppolítica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for política

Misspelling Variants of "política"

oplítica8ploítica8pollítica9poltíica8políitca8polítcia8polítiac8políticca9
Misspelling Variants of "política"

Frequency rank: #397 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "política"?
"política" is spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).
What does "política" mean?
As a noun, "política" means: ciência do governo de instituições relativas ao Estado
What words are commonly confused with "política"?
"política" is commonly confused with "politics", "political", "polícia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "política"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "política" is /po.ˈli.ʧi.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "política" come from?
"política" is a Portuguese 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.