plâtrier

\pla.tʁi.je\

/\pla.tʁi.je\/ noun

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The verdict

“plâtrier” is uncommon French (frequency #92,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,053
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui prépare le plâtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-platrier · plâtrier · French

plâtrier · rank #92,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,053
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plumier

Nearest frequency peer: plumier (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “plâtrier”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “plâtrier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plâtrier
PropertyValue
Headwordplâtrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.tʁi.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,053
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “plâtrier” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plâtrierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plumier » (#92,052), « poder » (#92,054), « plissées » (#92,051). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plâtrier is uncommon French at frequency #92,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla.tʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plâtrier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plâtrier, spelled P-L-Â-T-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui prépare le plâtre.
  2. 2
    Personne qui en fait commerce.
  3. 3
    Personne qui fait des ouvrages de plâtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un plâtrier, mais alors un qui ne fait que le plâtre, un tâcheron payé au mètre carré, ça ne vit pas très vieux. C’est un boulot où il faut se remuer, une course contre la montre entre le bonhomme aux yeux plus grands que le ventre qui remplit toujours trop son auge afin de couvrir une plus grande surface d’un seul coup, comme ces couturières qui se prépa…
  2. Les plâtriers spécialisés dans les plafonds – c’est payé plus cher du mètre carré – présentent en outre une courbure permanente de la colonne vertébrale vers l’arrière, très marrante. Ça leur donne l’air crâneur. On dirait des bananes qui marchent, ou des garde-boue de vélo. C’est de traîner la taloche en l’air, d’avant en arrière, sur l’échafaudage à ras…

Synonyms

plâtreur

This word in other languages

plasterer(English)

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 "plâtrier"?
"plâtrier" is spelled P-L-Â-T-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.tʁi.je\.
What does "plâtrier" mean?
As a noun, "plâtrier" means: Personne qui prépare le plâtre.
How do you pronounce "plâtrier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plâtrier" is \pla.tʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plissées#92,051pilotera#92,046pressens#92,064problema#92,068

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list