zooplancton
\zo.o.plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“zooplancton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plancton animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zooplancton · zooplancton · French
zooplancton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zooplancton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zo.o.plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zooplancton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zo.o.plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plancton animal.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zooplancton in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zooplancton, spelled Z-O-O-P-L-A-N-C-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Plancton animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zooplancton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le plancton rassemble les espèces aquatiques entraînées par le courant, animales comme des méduses pour le zooplancton, et végétales comme les algues pour le phytoplancton, ainsi que des bactéries et des virus.
« Si ces algues sont là, cela veut dire que les organismes —zooplanctons ou petits crustacés— qui les mangent sont en train de disparaître ».
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.