polystyrène
\pɔ.lis.ti.ʁɛn\
The verdict
“polystyrène” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,233
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thermoplastique obtenu par la polymérisation des monomères de styrène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polystyrene · polystyrène · French
polystyrène · rank #45,233 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,233
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polluante
Nearest frequency peer: polluante (-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 “polystyrène”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- plantaire
plantaire
54,771 corpus weight
- Playmobil
Playmobil
54,770 corpus weight
- polluante
polluante
54,769 corpus weight
- polystyrène
polystyrène
54,768 corpus weight
- polytechnic…
polytechnicien
54,767 corpus weight
- pondérée
pondérée
54,766 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “polystyrène” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polystyrène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.lis.ti.ʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #45,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “polystyrène” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around polystyrène (IPA \pɔ.lis.ti.ʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,233 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for polystyrène, with forms such as "oplystyrène", "ploystyrène", and "pollystyrène". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polystyrène, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-T-Y-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Thermoplastique obtenu par la polymérisation des monomères de styrène.
- 2Polystyrène expansé, mousse blanche et compacte, constituée de ce thermoplastique, utilisée le plus souvent comme isolant thermique et comme emballage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polystyrène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les marchés, les emballages en feuilles de bananier ont laissé place au plastique et parmi les stands, il en est souvent un qui vend aux commerçants les sacs en plastique et boîtes en polystyrène dont ils font un usage abondant.
Le gaillard l’ouvrit, en ahanant sous l’effort que représentait l’introduction d’une machine à laver engrossée de parements en polystyrène, dans un lieu où tout avait été calculé pour décourager l’accès.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplystyrène
- ploystyrène
- pollystyrène
- polsytyrène
- polysstyrène
- polystryène
- polysttyrène
- polystyrene
- polystyrnèe
- polystyrrène
- polystyrèen
- polystyrènne
- polystyyrène
- polystyèrne
- polysytrène
- polytsyrène
- polyystyrène
- poylstyrène
- ppolystyrène
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of polystyrène - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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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.