Plasmodium

name

The verdict

“Plasmodium” is uncommon French (frequency #91,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,036
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Parasitologie) Plasmodium, plasmode.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plasmodium · Plasmodium · French

Plasmodium · rank #91,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,036
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaintif

Nearest frequency peer: plaintif (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Plasmodium »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Plasmodium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Plasmodium
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlasmodium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,036
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Plasmodium » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Plasmodiumtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « plaintif » (#91,035), « plastoc » (#91,037), « pleural » (#91,038). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Plasmodium » est au #91,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Plasmodium is uncommon French at frequency #91,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Parasitologie) Plasmodium, plasmode.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Plasmodium in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Plasmodium, spelled P-L-A-S-M-O-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Parasitologie) Plasmodium, plasmode.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le parasite Plasmodium est transmis à l’homme par une piqûre d’anophèle, moustique des régions chaudes. Il infecte ensuite les globules rouges et les cellules du foie au cours du cycle parasitaire.

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 "Plasmodium"?
"Plasmodium" is spelled P-L-A-S-M-O-D-I-U-M.
What does "Plasmodium" mean?
As a proper noun, "Plasmodium" means: (Parasitologie) Plasmodium, plasmode.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Plasmodium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list