placement

\plas.mɑ̃\

/\plas.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“placement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,640
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de placer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-placement · placement · French

placement · rank #6,640 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,640
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pharmacie

Nearest frequency peer: pharmacie (-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 « placement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « placement » 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).

placement vs placent
78% similar
placement vs placements
90% similar
placement vs paiement
78% similar

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

Key facts for placement
PropertyValue
Headwordplacement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plas.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,640
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « placement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.placementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pharmacie » (#6,639), « planches » (#6,641), « phare » (#6,638). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « placement » est au #6,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around placement (IPA \plas.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,640 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for placement, with forms such as "lpacement", "palcement", and "placcement". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "placent", "placements", "paiement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is placement, spelled P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de placer.
  2. 2
    Vente ou emploi.
  3. 3
    Action de placer de l’argent ; argent placé.
  4. 4
    Opération de la phase d’étude qui consiste à définir l’emplacement de chaque élément d’un circuit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le placement d’une bibliothèque.
  2. Le placement des convives autour d’une table.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpacement
  • palcement
  • placcement
  • placeemnt
  • placemennt
  • placementt
  • placemetn
  • placemment
  • placemnet
  • placmeent
  • plaecment
  • plcaement
  • pllacement
  • pplacement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lpacement2palcement2placcement1placeemnt2placemennt1placementt1placemetn2placemment1
Edit distance from "placement"

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 "placement"?
"placement" is spelled P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plas.mɑ̃\.
What does "placement" mean?
As a noun, "placement" means: Action de placer.
What words are commonly confused with "placement"?
"placement" is commonly confused with "placent", "placements", "paiement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placement" is \plas.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placement" come from?
"placement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list