plasmide
\plas.mid\
The verdict
“plasmide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molécule d'ADN extrachromosomique capable de se répliquer indépendamment et portant des caractères génétiques non essentiels à la cellule hôte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plasmide · plasmide · French
plasmide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | plasmide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plas.mid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plasmide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plasmide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plas.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Molécule d'ADN extrachromosomique capable de se répliquer indépendamment et portant des caractères génétiques non essentiels à la cellule hôte.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plasmide, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is plasmide, spelled P-L-A-S-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Molécule d'ADN extrachromosomique capable de se répliquer indépendamment et portant des caractères génétiques non essentiels à la cellule hôte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plasmide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le plasmide doit tout d’abord être linéarisé par digestion avec la même enzyme de restriction que celle qui a été utilisée pour préparer le fragment d’ADN.
C'est là que de petites molécules d'ADN appelées plasmides sont fabriquées avec les débuts du code de la protéine de pointe SRAS-CoV-2.
This word in other languages
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.