plasticienne

\plas.ti.sjɛn\

/\plas.ti.sjɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“plasticienne” is uncommon French (frequency #58,168 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,168
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artiste réalisant des œuvres relevant des arts plastiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plasticienne · plasticienne · French

plasticienne · rank #58,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,168
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plantu

Nearest frequency peer: plantu (-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 « plasticienne »

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 « plasticienne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plasticienne
PropertyValue
Headwordplasticienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plas.ti.sjɛn\
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,168
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « plasticienne » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plasticiennetombe 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: « plantu » (#58,167), « pochoir » (#58,169), « plairont » (#58,166). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plasticienne » est au #58,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plasticienne is uncommon French at frequency #58,168 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plas.ti.sjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artiste réalisant des œuvres relevant des arts plastiques.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plasticienne, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plasticienne, spelled P-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artiste réalisant des œuvres relevant des arts plastiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le cadre de la saison France-Portugal 2022, Joana Vasconcelos, plasticienne réputée pour ses sculptures monumentales, a créé l’Arbre de vie pour la Sainte-Chapelle du château de Vincennes.
  2. Jusqu’au 30 mars, à Chamalières, dans le cadre de la semaine de la poésie, présentation du travail d’Odile Fix, poète, plasticienne et micro-éditeur.

Synonyms

artiste plasticienne

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); 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 "plasticienne"?
"plasticienne" is spelled P-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plas.ti.sjɛn\.
What does "plasticienne" mean?
As a noun, "plasticienne" means: Artiste réalisant des œuvres relevant des arts plastiques.
How do you pronounce "plasticienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plasticienne" is \plas.ti.sjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plasticienne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list