ectoplasme
\ɛk.tɔ.plasm\
The verdict
“ectoplasme” is uncommon French (frequency #93,717 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,717
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couche superficielle du protoplasme d’une cellule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ectoplasme · ectoplasme · French
ectoplasme · rank #93,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,717
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH editors
Nearest frequency peer: editors (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ectoplasme”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- désosser
désosser
6,289 corpus weight
- déterminons
déterminons
6,288 corpus weight
- détiendrait
détiendrait
6,287 corpus weight
- ectoplasme
ectoplasme
6,284 corpus weight
- editors
editors
6,283 corpus weight
- effacerait
effacerait
6,282 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ectoplasme” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ectoplasme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.tɔ.plasm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ectoplasme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ectoplasme is uncommon French at frequency #93,717 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.tɔ.plasm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ectoplasme in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ectoplasme, spelled E-C-T-O-P-L-A-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Couche superficielle du protoplasme d’une cellule.
- 2Émanation immatérielle produite par un médium en état de transe.
- 3Personne inconsistante, sans personnalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ectoplasme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A chaque nouvel enchantement, elle prenait la même expression que la petite Soubirous devant son ectoplasme cavernicole.
Bizarrement, la mode des séances de spiritisme avec déplacements de lourdes tables et apparitions et matérialisations « d’ectoplasmes » perdit beaucoup de sa popularité à peu près à la même époque où la compagnie Kodak mis sur le marché son premier film sensible aux rayons infrarouges.
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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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.