plaignait

\plɛ.ɲɛ\

/\plɛ.ɲɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“plaignait” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,328
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de plaindre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaignait · plaignait · French

plaignait · rank #24,328 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,328
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pizzeria

Nearest frequency peer: pizzeria (-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 « plaignait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaignait » 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).

plaignait vs plaisait
78% similar
plaignait vs plairait
78% similar
plaignait vs plaignent
78% similar

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

Key facts for plaignait
PropertyValue
Headwordplaignait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɛ.ɲɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,328
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaignait »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plaignaitse 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 « pizzeria » (#24,327), « PMI » (#24,329), « pitre » (#24,326). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaignait » est au #24,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around plaignait (IPA \plɛ.ɲɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,328 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de plaindre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaignait, with forms such as "lpaignait", "palignait", and "plaginait". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "plaisait", "plairait", "plaignent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plaignait, spelled P-L-A-I-G-N-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de plaindre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au village, un de ses voisins avait abandonné sa jeune femme pour aller vivre avec une vieillasse qu’on disait de feu; la jeune femme ne lui avait fait aucun reproche; « il a la passion », disait-elle; tout le village était finalement tombé d’accord; « il a la passion », on le plaignait et on l’enviait.
  2. Pour éviter de l’approuver ou de l’improuver par mon regard, je contemplais Jacques qui se plaignait de souffrir dans la gorge, et que sa mère emporta.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaignait
  • palignait
  • plaginait
  • plaiganit
  • plaiggnait
  • plaignaitt
  • plaignati
  • plaigniat
  • plaignnait
  • plaingait
  • pliagnait
  • pllaignait
  • pplaignait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plaignait - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpaignait2palignait2plaginait2plaiganit2plaiggnait1plaignaitt1plaignati2plaigniat2
Edit distance from "plaignait"

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 "plaignait"?
"plaignait" is spelled P-L-A-I-G-N-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛ.ɲɛ\.
What does "plaignait" mean?
As a verb, "plaignait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de plaindre.
What words are commonly confused with "plaignait"?
"plaignait" is commonly confused with "plaisait", "plairait", "plaignent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaignait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaignait" is \plɛ.ɲɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaignait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

passation#24,320prétextes#24,342noisettes#24,304remontées#24,360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prémunir13 variantspécheurs13 variantsmarchons13 variantsrécupérée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list