plane
/pleɪn/
"plane" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plane” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,958
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of a surface: flat or level.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plane · plane · English
plane · rank #1,958 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,958
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pieces
Nearest frequency peer: pieces (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “plane”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pair
pair
98,046 corpus weight
- picked
picked
98,045 corpus weight
- pieces
pieces
98,044 corpus weight
- plane
plane
98,043 corpus weight
- plenty
plenty
98,042 corpus weight
- prince
prince
98,041 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plane” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pleɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plane” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around plane (IPA /pleɪn/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,958 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of a surface: flat or level.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for plane, with forms such as "lpane", "palne", and "plaen". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "play", "Pune", "plat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-s Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Latin plānumder. English plane From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the ne… The correct English form is plane, spelled P-L-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Of a surface: flat or level.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-s Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Latin plānumder. English plane From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpane
- palne
- plaen
- planne
- pllane
- plnae
- pplane
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plane - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plane", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.