place
\plas\
The verdict
“place” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #178 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #178
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose.
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 | place |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plas\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “place” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for place is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plas\. Corpus data places it at rank #178 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for place, with forms such as "lpace", "palce", and "placce". 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, "PLC", "plan", "plat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is place, spelled P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose.
- 2Endroit, lieu, espace que doit occuper une personne ou une chose par rapport aux convenances, à la bienséance, etc.
- 3Logement qu’on occupe.
- 4Dignité, charge, emploi qu’une personne occupe.
- 5Rang qu’un écolier obtient dans un classement.
- 6Espace, lieu public, découvert et environné de bâtiments.
- 7Voie de circulation entourant éventuellement un tel espace.
- 8Endroit de stationnement public.
- 9Lieu où s’assemblent les agents de change, les banquiers, les négociants pour y traiter leurs affaires et y opérer leurs transactions. Bourse. Ensemble des négociants, des banquiers d’une ville.
- 10Ville de guerre ou de garnison.
- 11Classement dans une course donnant lieu à une allocation ou à rétribution des parieurs en simple placé, sans pour autant être gagnant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpace,palce,placce,plaec,plcae,pllace,pplace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of place - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “place”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “PLC” - see the side-by-side comparison. place vs PLC
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.