placidité
\pla.si.di.te\
The verdict
“placidité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Douceur naturelle ; caractère calme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-placidite · placidité · French
placidité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | placidité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pla.si.di.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « placidité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
placidité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla.si.di.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Douceur naturelle ; caractère calme.".
placidité has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is placidité, spelled P-L-A-C-I-D-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Douceur naturelle ; caractère calme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how placidité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce fils de paysan, blêmi dans les soucis du commerce, gras de vie sédentaire, cachant ses appétits haineux sous la placidité naturelle de ses traits, avait en effet l’air nul et solennel, la carrure imbécile qui pose un homme dans un salon officiel.
La falaise … vous écrasait de sa placidité formidable et elle vous charmait pourtant ; car on la contemplait malgré soi et les yeux ne s’en lassaient pas.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.