placard

\pla.kaʁ\

/\pla.kaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“placard” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,879
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage de menuiserie, qui s’élève au-dessus d’une porte et va ordinairement jusqu’au plafond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-placard · placard · French

placard · rank #7,879 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,879
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pelouse

Nearest frequency peer: pelouse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « placard »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « placard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

placard vs placer
71% similar
placard vs placera
71% similar
placard vs placards
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for placard
PropertyValue
Headwordplacard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.kaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,879
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « placard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).placardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pelouse » (#7,878), « planètes » (#7,880), « portées » (#7,881). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « placard » est au #7,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around placard (IPA \pla.kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,879 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for placard, with forms such as "lpacard", "palcard", and "plaacrd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "placer", "placera", "placards", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 placard, spelled P-L-A-C-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de menuiserie, qui s’élève au-dessus d’une porte et va ordinairement jusqu’au plafond.
  2. 2
    Armoire pratiquée dans un enfoncement de mur.
  3. 3
    Meuble ou petite pièce, fermé par une porte et destiné au rangement.
  4. 4
    Ce qu’on plaque, ce qui est plaqué, placage.
  5. 5
    Numéro de parcelle, peint ou cloué régulièrement le long de ses limites.
  6. 6
    Éruption cutanée.
  7. 7
    Prison.
  8. 8
    Par analogie avec le meuble où l’on remise les choses pour une longue période pour parfois les y oublier, purgatoire, mise à l’écart, le plus souvent professionnelle.
  9. 9
    Par analogie avec le meuble où sont précieusement stockées des archives qui ne voient jamais le jour, lourd secret, chose secrète.
  10. 10
    Secret personnel autour de son homosexualité, de sa bisexualité, de sa transitude ou de son autre identité queer non révélée.
  11. 11
    Cuite.
  12. 12
    Somme versée à un pourvoyeur pour l’achat d’une prostituée ; d’où le surnom de placardeur pour le pourvoyeur.
  13. 13
    Emplacement de forme rectangulaire servant à accrocher sur un uniforme des barrettes lors de cérémonies officielles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how placard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il faut un placard au-dessus de cette porte.
  2. Il y a des placards des deux côtés de la cheminée.

This word in other languages

cupboard(English)armario(Español)Wandschrank(Deutsch)armário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpacard
  • palcard
  • plaacrd
  • placadr
  • placardd
  • placarrd
  • placcard
  • placrad
  • plcaard
  • pllacard
  • pplacard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpacard2palcard2plaacrd2placadr2placardd1placarrd1placcard1placrad2
Edit distance from "placard"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "placard"?
"placard" is spelled P-L-A-C-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.kaʁ\.
What does "placard" mean?
As a noun, "placard" means: Assemblage de menuiserie, qui s’élève au-dessus d’une porte et va ordinairement jusqu’au plafond.
What words are commonly confused with "placard"?
"placard" is commonly confused with "placer", "placera", "placards". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placard" is \pla.kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placard" come from?
"placard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "placard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pelouse#7,878portées#7,881notaire#7,872rejoins#7,890

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

neuvième11 variantsradicale11 variantsécraser11 variantsattribuer11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list