plastique
"plastique" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plastique” is uncommon English (frequency #91,924 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,924
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plastique · plastique · English
plastique · rank #91,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,924
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Plotinus
Nearest frequency peer: Plotinus (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “plastique”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- phrasal
phrasal
8,083 corpus weight
- pidge
pidge
8,080 corpus weight
- plastique
plastique
8,077 corpus weight
- Plotinus
Plotinus
8,075 corpus weight
- Podunk
Podunk
8,073 corpus weight
- potentiation
potentiation
8,072 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “plastique” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plastique |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plastique” in English
Rare enough to double-check
plastique is uncommon English at frequency #91,924 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plastique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French plastique. Doublet of plastic. The correct English form is plastique, spelled P-L-A-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
- 2A plastic explosive.
Etymology
From French plastique. Doublet of plastic.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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