PLAI

noun

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The verdict

“PLAI” is uncommon French (frequency #61,790 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,790
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En France, type de prêt destiné à financer des logements destinés aux personnes en situation de grande précarité.

Key facts for PLAI
PropertyValue
HeadwordPLAI
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “PLAI” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). PLAI lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

PLAI is uncommon French at frequency #61,790 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for PLAI, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is PLAI, spelled P-L-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    En France, type de prêt destiné à financer des logements destinés aux personnes en situation de grande précarité.
  2. 2
    En France, catégorie de logements destinés aux personnes en situation de grande précarité, et financés grâce à ce prêt.

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 "PLAI"?
"PLAI" is spelled P-L-A-I.
What does "PLAI" mean?
As a noun, "PLAI" means: En France, type de prêt destiné à financer des logements destinés aux personnes en situation de grande précarité.
What language does "PLAI" come from?
"PLAI" 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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Using “PLAI”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list