plaine

\plɛn\

/\plɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“plaine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,907
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace géographique caractérisé par une surface plane, avec des pentes relativement faibles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaine · plaine · French

plaine · rank #5,907 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,907
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH permettrait

Nearest frequency peer: permettrait (-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 « plaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaine » 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).

plaine vs plan
67% similar
plaine vs plie
67% similar
plaine vs plein
67% similar

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

Key facts for plaine
PropertyValue
Headwordplaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,907
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plainese 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 « permettrait » (#5,906), « professionnelles » (#5,908), « pensant » (#5,905). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaine » est au #5,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around plaine (IPA \plɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,907 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaine, with forms such as "lpaine", "paline", and "plaien". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plan", "plie", "plein", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plaine, spelled P-L-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace géographique caractérisé par une surface plane, avec des pentes relativement faibles.
  2. 2
    Grande surface unie.
  3. 3
    Sous la Convention, députés d’opinion modérée, parti que formaient ces députés.
  4. 4
    Moitié occidentale du département des Vosges, dépourvue de montagnes, par opposition aux Hautes-Vosges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ici même, sur ce dernier ourlet du plateau de Lorette, qui commande le plaine de Douai-Liévin et le bassin de Lens […] la lutte fut infernale.
  2. Avant l’arrivée des Magyars, les Slaves méridionaux occupaient toute la plaine danubienne et le noyau de leur puissance était situé entre le Rab, le Danube et la Drave.

Synonyms

planure

Antonyms

montagne

This word in other languages

plain(English)llano(Español)Ebene(Deutsch)planície(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaine
  • paline
  • plaien
  • plainne
  • planie
  • pliane
  • pllaine
  • pplaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plaine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpaine2paline2plaien2plainne1planie2pliane2pllaine1pplaine1
Edit distance from "plaine"

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 "plaine"?
"plaine" is spelled P-L-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛn\.
What does "plaine" mean?
As a noun, "plaine" means: Espace géographique caractérisé par une surface plane, avec des pentes relativement faibles.
What words are commonly confused with "plaine"?
"plaine" is commonly confused with "plan", "plie", "plein". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaine" is \plɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaine" come from?
"plaine" 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 "plaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

prêter#5,910racine#5,912nommer#5,898jouait#5,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

réels8 variantssagesse8 variantsusages8 variantsamiral8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list