soie artificielle
\swa aʁ.ti.fi.sjɛl\
The verdict
“soie artificielle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de rayonne obtenue par le traitement chimique de la cellulose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soie-artificielle · soie artificielle · French
soie artificielle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | soie artificielle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \swa aʁ.ti.fi.sjɛl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
soie artificielle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \swa aʁ.ti.fi.sjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de rayonne obtenue par le traitement chimique de la cellulose.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for soie artificielle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is soie artificielle, spelled S-O-I-E- -A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de rayonne obtenue par le traitement chimique de la cellulose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soie artificielle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si l’on songe que la soie artificielle n’atteint encore qu’une vente annuelle de 5 millions de kilogrammes, que le kilogramme se vend à l’heure actuelle environ 20 francs, le prix de revient allant de 15 francs pour la soie de Chardonnet, à 12 francs pour la soie au cuivre et à 8 francs pour la viscose, prix auxquels il faut ajouter 0 fr. 50 pour la trans…
La soie artificielle. […]. Elle jouit donc d’une place de faveur et d’un certain engouement.
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.