plasticine
\plas.ti.sin\
The verdict
“plasticine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément principal de la pâte à modeler, composé de cire et d’huile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plasticine · plasticine · French
plasticine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | plasticine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plas.ti.sin\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plasticine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plasticine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plas.ti.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plasticine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plasticine, spelled P-L-A-S-T-I-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Élément principal de la pâte à modeler, composé de cire et d’huile.
- 2Pâte à modeler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plasticine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après quoi, il enroba le tout de plasticine, qu'il roula et aplatit jusqu'à ce qu'il eût obtenu une surface bien lisse, sur laquelle il imprima un sceau cylindrique qu'il avait sur lui. Il examina le résultat avec satisfaction : c'était, gravée dans la plasticine, une magnifique reproduction de Shamash, le dieu du Soleil, armé du Glaive de la Justice.
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.