élasticité

\e.las.ti.si.te\

/\e.las.ti.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“élasticité” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,178 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#25,178
frequency rank, French
10
letters
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propriété qu’ont les corps solides d’accepter une déformation temporaire et de reprendre leur forme dès que les causes de cette déformation ont cessé d’agir.

Key facts for élasticité
PropertyValue
Headwordélasticité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.las.ti.si.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,178
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “élasticité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). élasticité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for élasticité is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.las.ti.si.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,178 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for élasticité, with forms such as "elasticite", "léasticité", and "éalsticité". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is élasticité, spelled É-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété qu’ont les corps solides d’accepter une déformation temporaire et de reprendre leur forme dès que les causes de cette déformation ont cessé d’agir.
  2. 2
    Propriété qu’ont les corps solides d’accepter une déformation temporaire et de reprendre leur forme dès que les causes de cette déformation ont cessé d’agir.
  3. 3
    Propriété qu’ont les corps solides d’accepter une déformation temporaire et de reprendre leur forme dès que les causes de cette déformation ont cessé d’agir.
  4. 4
    Mesure de cette propriété.
  5. 5
    Faculté de s’élargir.
  6. 6
    État de l’âme qui se relève après un découragement, un abattement.
  7. 7
    Variation d'une grandeur provoquée par la variation d'une autre grandeur.

Antonyms

raideurrigidité

This word in other languages

elasticity(English)elasticidad(Español)Elastizität(Deutsch)elasticidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elasticite,léasticité,éalsticité,élasitcité,élassticité,élastciité,élasticcité,élasticitté,élasticiét,élastictié,élastiicté,élastticité,élatsicité,éllasticité,élsaticité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élasticité - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elasticite2léasticité2éalsticité2élasitcité2élassticité1élastciité2élasticcité1élasticitté1
Edit distance from "élasticité"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "élasticité"?
"élasticité" is spelled É-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.las.ti.si.te\.
What does "élasticité" mean?
As a noun, "élasticité" means: Propriété qu’ont les corps solides d’accepter une déformation temporaire et de reprendre leur forme dès que les causes de cette déformation ont cessé d’agir.
What are common misspellings of "élasticité"?
Common misspellings include "elasticite", "léasticité", "éalsticité", "élasitcité", "élassticité". The correct spelling is "élasticité".
How do you pronounce "élasticité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élasticité" is \e.las.ti.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élasticité" come from?
"élasticité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “élasticité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.las.ti.si.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list