plasmon
\plas.mɔ̃\
The verdict
“plasmon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscillation de plasma quantifiée dans un métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plasmon · plasmon · French
plasmon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | plasmon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plas.mɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plasmon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plasmon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plas.mɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oscillation de plasma quantifiée dans un métal.".
plasmon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plasmon, spelled P-L-A-S-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Oscillation de plasma quantifiée dans un métal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plasmon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La hauteur du pic de plasmon est liée à l'épaisseur de l’échantillon.
Ils ont alors plongé plus profond en s’intéressant à la mer d’électrons du matériau connue pour être agitée de « vagues » légères, appelées plasmons, et qui pourraient « dialoguer avec le fluide », comme le disent les auteurs de l’étude. Cette fois tout s’explique ! Le liquide frotte sur la surface si les ondulations en son sein résonnent avec les plasmons.
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