placoter
\pla.kɔ.te\
The verdict
“placoter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bavarder, papoter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-placoter · placoter · French
placoter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | placoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pla.kɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « placoter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
placoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pla.kɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for placoter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 placoter, spelled P-L-A-C-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bavarder, papoter.
- 2Médire ; faire des commérages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how placoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On eût dit qu’il s'était rendu propriétaire de l’établissement à la seule fin, ainsi qu’on le disait dans le quartier, d’y « placoter » à son aise.
Tu grelottes et je placote, quel égoïste je fais…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.