état plasma
\e.ta plas.ma\
The verdict
“état plasma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État de la matière caractérisé par l’ionisation des atomes : leur séparation en électrons libres et ions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etat-plasma · état plasma · French
état plasma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | état plasma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ta plas.ma\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “état plasma” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
état plasma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta plas.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de la matière caractérisé par l’ionisation des atomes : leur séparation en électrons libres et ions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for état plasma, 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 état plasma, spelled É-T-A-T- -P-L-A-S-M-A.
Definition
- 1État de la matière caractérisé par l’ionisation des atomes : leur séparation en électrons libres et ions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how état plasma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La formation d’un éclair de foudre correspond au claquage diélectrique de l’air et son passage à l’état plasma.
Ces travaux ont des applications dans le domaine de la compréhension d’états plasma extrêmes tels que la fusion tokamak ou les atmosphères stellaires.
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