thermoplastique
\tɛʁ.mɔ.plas.tik\
The verdict
“thermoplastique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se ramollit lorsqu’il est chauffé au-dessus d’une certaine température, mais qui, au-dessous, redevient dur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thermoplastique · thermoplastique · French
thermoplastique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thermoplastique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɛʁ.mɔ.plas.tik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thermoplastique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thermoplastique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɛʁ.mɔ.plas.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se ramollit lorsqu’il est chauffé au-dessus d’une certaine température, mais qui, au-dessous, redevient dur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thermoplastique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 thermoplastique, spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se ramollit lorsqu’il est chauffé au-dessus d’une certaine température, mais qui, au-dessous, redevient dur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thermoplastique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les phénoplastes, dont la bakélite, ne sont pas thermoplastiques, mais thermodurcissables.
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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.