plasma

\plas.ma\

/\plas.ma\/ noun

The verdict

“plasma” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,661
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie liquide du sang ou de la lymphe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plasma · plasma · French

plasma · rank #13,661 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,661
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaisent

Nearest frequency peer: plaisent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « plasma »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « plasma » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plasma vs plaza
67% similar
plasma vs plata
67% similar
plasma vs playa
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plasma
PropertyValue
Headwordplasma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plas.ma\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,661
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plasma »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plasmase place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plaisent » (#13,660), « plaçant » (#13,662), « plaisait » (#13,659). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plasma » est au #13,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around plasma (IPA \plas.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,661 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for plasma, with forms such as "lpasma", "palsma", and "plamsa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "plaza", "plata", "playa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plasma, spelled P-L-A-S-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie liquide du sang ou de la lymphe.
  2. 2
    Matière dans l’état plasma, état constitué de particules chargées (ions et électrons).
  3. 3
    Quartz ^([1]) agate vert pré, très translucide, à cassure conchoïde. Aussi appelé plasme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plasma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'hémorragie aiguë entraîne une perte brutale proportionnelle de plasma et d'éléments figurés du sang. Bien qu'ici le sang total perdu atteigne 2,5 l, soit environ la moitié de la volémie d'un adulte, l'hématocrite reste initialement stable (t1).
  2. J’ouvre la porte. Instant redoutable à cause de l’odeur. Elle vous attend sur le seuil, compacte, immobile et tiède, comme un plasma.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpasma
  • palsma
  • plamsa
  • plasam
  • plasmma
  • plassma
  • pllasma
  • plsama
  • pplasma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plasma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpasma2palsma2plamsa2plasam2plasmma1plassma1pllasma1plsama2
Edit distance from "plasma"

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 "plasma"?
"plasma" is spelled P-L-A-S-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \plas.ma\.
What does "plasma" mean?
As a noun, "plasma" means: Partie liquide du sang ou de la lymphe.
What words are commonly confused with "plasma"?
"plasma" is commonly confused with "plaza", "plata", "playa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plasma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plasma" is \plas.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plasma" come from?
"plasma" 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 "plasma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list