placer

\pla.se\

/\pla.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“placer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,351
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situer ; mettre dans un lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-placer · placer · French

placer · rank #3,351 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,351
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pis

Nearest frequency peer: pis (-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 « placer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « placer » 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).

placer vs plage
67% similar
placer vs plate
67% similar
placer vs plaie
67% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « placer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).placerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pis » (#3,350), « pierres » (#3,349), « pop » (#3,353). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « placer » est au #3,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around placer (IPA \pla.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,351 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for placer, with forms such as "lpacer", "palcer", and "placcer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plage", "plate", "plaie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is placer, spelled P-L-A-C-E-R.

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)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au commencement Dieu créa de rien le ciel, la terre, l’air, le feu, et l’eau ; il créa aussi les Anges et la lumière, puis il fit le soleil et les étoiles qu'il plaça dans le ciel.
  2. Le liquide qui s’écoule est recueilli dans des tonneaux, qu’on place dans les celliers où doit s’opérer la fermentation.

Synonyms

caser

This word in other languages

put(English)stellen(Deutsch)colocar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpacer
  • palcer
  • placcer
  • placerr
  • placre
  • plaecr
  • plcaer
  • pllacer
  • pplacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placer - 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.

lpacer2palcer2placcer1placerr1placre2plaecr2plcaer2pllacer1
Edit distance from "placer"

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 "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'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 "placer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

privés#3,354pascal#3,347scènes#3,362indice#3,337

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

refaire9 variantssauvage9 variantsgalerie9 variantsexpert9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list