placer

/\pla.se\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,351

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

placer is aFrenchverb. It means: Situer ; mettre dans un lieu. Pronounced \pla.se\. It ranks #3,351 in French word frequency. Often confused with plage and plate.

Key facts for placer
PropertyValue
Headwordplacer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pla.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,351
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of placer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for placer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pla.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,351 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for placer, with forms such as "lpacer", "palcer", and "placcer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plage", "plate", "plaie", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is placer, spelled P-L-A-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situer ; mettre dans un lieu.
  2. 2
    Positionner dans une série.
  3. 3
    Indiquer les places, dans une cérémonie, dans une assemblée, en parlant de celui qui est chargé de les donner.
  4. 4
    Vendre pour le compte d’autrui.
  5. 5
    Lancer de manière qu’elle aille tomber où le joueur le veut, en parlant d’une balle.
  6. 6
    Apprendre les bonnes positions.
  7. 7
    Trouver le moyen d’exprimer.
  8. 8
    Attribuer avec discernement.
  9. 9
    Investir.
  10. 10
    Trouver une situation à une personne, procurer un emploi.
  11. 11
    Mettre (quelqu’un) dans une situation administrative ou judiciaire particulière.
  12. 12
    Être situé.
  13. 13
    Qui a une place.
  14. 14
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpacer,palcer,placcer,placerr,placre,plaecr,plcaer,pllacer,pplacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for placer

Misspelling Variants of "placer"

lpacer6palcer6placcer7placerr7placre6plaecr6plcaer6pllacer7
Misspelling Variants of "placer"

Frequency rank: #3,351 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "placer"?
"placer" is spelled P-L-A-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.se\.
What does "placer" mean?
As a verb, "placer" means: Situer ; mettre dans un lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "placer"?
"placer" is commonly confused with "plage", "plate", "plaie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placer" is \pla.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placer" come from?
"placer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.