plissieren
[plɪˈsiːʁən]
The verdict
“plissieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kleiderstoff, Papier oder andere Materialien dauerhaft in Falten legen
Corpus desk
Index DE-plissieren · plissieren · German
plissieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | plissieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [plɪˈsiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „plissieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
plissieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [plɪˈsiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kleiderstoff, Papier oder andere Materialien dauerhaft in Falten legen".
plissieren has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 German form is plissieren, spelled P-L-I-S-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kleiderstoff, Papier oder andere Materialien dauerhaft in Falten legen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plissieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dabei nimmt sie 300 dünne Streifen aus Seide, legt sie zu einem Muster und plissiert sie.
Das Material wird aufwendig verarbeitet, plissiert, drapiert oder geknautscht und zuweilen in kräftige Farben getaucht.
This word in other languages
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.