cataplasme
\ka.ta.plasm\
The verdict
“cataplasme” is uncommon French (frequency #78,236 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,236
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Topique, emplâtre sous la forme d’une bouillie qu’on applique sur une partie du corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cataplasme · cataplasme · French
cataplasme · rank #78,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,236
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Castelbajac
Nearest frequency peer: Castelbajac (-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 « cataplasme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caso
caso
21,767 corpus weight
- Castelbajac
Castelbajac
21,766 corpus weight
- cataplasme
cataplasme
21,765 corpus weight
- caudales
caudales
21,764 corpus weight
- cautionnent
cautionnent
21,763 corpus weight
- cayo
cayo
21,762 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cataplasme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cataplasme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ta.plasm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cataplasme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cataplasme is uncommon French at frequency #78,236 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ta.plasm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Topique, emplâtre sous la forme d’une bouillie qu’on applique sur une partie du corps.".
cataplasme has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cataplasme, spelled C-A-T-A-P-L-A-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Topique, emplâtre sous la forme d’une bouillie qu’on applique sur une partie du corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cataplasme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fiente de Chévre a la vertu d’amollir les tumeurs schirreuses, de quelque difficile résolution qu’elles soient, principalement les duretez invétérées des genoux, la mêlant avec farine d’Orge & Oxycrat en forme de cataplasme.
Si le bain de pieds ne soulage pas l’enfant, vous mettrez à chaque pied un cataplasme de farine de graine de lin saupoudré de camphre que vous laisserez une bonne demi-heure.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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