pétrochimiques

\pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\

/\pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\/ adj

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The verdict

“pétrochimiques” is uncommon French (frequency #80,557 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,557
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pétrochimique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-petrochimiques · pétrochimiques · French

pétrochimiques · rank #80,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,557
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH puterie

Nearest frequency peer: puterie (-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 « pétrochimiques »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pétrochimiques » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pétrochimiques
PropertyValue
Headwordpétrochimiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\
Letters14
Frequency rank#80,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pétrochimiques » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pétrochimiquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « puterie » (#80,556), « qualifia » (#80,558), « purifiés » (#80,555). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pétrochimiques » est au #80,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pétrochimiques is uncommon French at frequency #80,557 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pétrochimique.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pétrochimiques, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pétrochimiques, spelled P-É-T-R-O-C-H-I-M-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pétrochimique.

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 "pétrochimiques"?
"pétrochimiques" is spelled P-É-T-R-O-C-H-I-M-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\.
What does "pétrochimiques" mean?
As an adjective, "pétrochimiques" means: Pluriel de pétrochimique.
How do you pronounce "pétrochimiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pétrochimiques" is \pe.tʁɔ.ʃi.mik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pétrochimiques" come from?
"pétrochimiques" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pétrochimiques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perfectionnées#80,495somptueusement#80,658tourbillonnant#80,723transnationaux#80,726

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list