plaqueminier de Chine
\plak.mi.nje də ʃin\
The verdict
“plaqueminier de Chine” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des noms vernaculaires de Diospyros kaki, arbre de la famille des Ébénacées (ou Ebenaceae), originaire de Chine cultivé pour son fruit, le kaki ou plaquemine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plaqueminier de Chine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plak.mi.nje də ʃin\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plaqueminier de Chine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for plaqueminier de Chine is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plak.mi.nje də ʃin\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Un des noms vernaculaires de Diospyros kaki, arbre de la famille des Ébénacées (ou Ebenaceae), originaire de Chine cultivé pour son fruit, le kaki ou plaquemine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plaqueminier de Chine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is plaqueminier de Chine, spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E-M-I-N-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Un des noms vernaculaires de Diospyros kaki, arbre de la famille des Ébénacées (ou Ebenaceae), originaire de Chine cultivé pour son fruit, le kaki ou plaquemine.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “plaqueminier de Chine”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-Q-U-E-M-I-N-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-H-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.