place
\plas\
The verdict
“place” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #178
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-place · place · French
place · rank #178 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #178
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH moment
Nearest frequency peer: moment (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “place”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ceux
ceux
99,826 corpus weight
- elles
elles
99,825 corpus weight
- moment
moment
99,824 corpus weight
- place
place
99,823 corpus weight
- plusieurs
plusieurs
99,822 corpus weight
- pourquoi
pourquoi
99,821 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “place” sits against the nearest ranked French 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 | 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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around place (IPA \plas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #178 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how place appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…les études chimique et minéralogique assigneront une place définitive dans la systématique, à cette roche qui était une des énigmes de la lithologie.
Je revenais dans l’auto des estafettes, portant des piles et d’autres accessoires lorsque nous offrîmes une place à une sorte d’ambulancier.
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.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "place", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French 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.