plagioclase
\pla.ʒjɔ.klaz\
The verdict
“plagioclase” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - À clivage oblique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plagioclase · plagioclase · French
plagioclase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | plagioclase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pla.ʒjɔ.klaz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plagioclase” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plagioclase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pla.ʒjɔ.klaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À clivage oblique.".
plagioclase has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 plagioclase, spelled P-L-A-G-I-O-C-L-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1À clivage oblique.
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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.