plaines

\plɛn\

/\plɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“plaines” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,365
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de plaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaines · plaines · French

plaines · rank #9,365 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,365
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pisse

Nearest frequency peer: Pisse (-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 « plaines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaines » 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).

plaines vs plans
71% similar
plaines vs plane
71% similar
plaines vs plais
71% similar

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

Key facts for plaines
PropertyValue
Headwordplaines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,365
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaines »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plainesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Pisse » (#9,364), « pourrons » (#9,366), « phares » (#9,363). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaines » est au #9,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around plaines (IPA \plɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,365 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de plaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaines, with forms such as "lpaines", "palines", and "plaiens". 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, "plans", "plane", "plais", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plaines, spelled P-L-A-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de plaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les lièvres de plaines ont les membres postérieurs très-longs, bien plus longs que les lièvres de montagne, or il est notoire que ces derniers sont moins vite forcés par les chiens que les lièvres des plaines.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaines
  • palines
  • plaiens
  • plainess
  • plainnes
  • plainse
  • planies
  • plianes
  • pllaines
  • pplaines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpaines2palines2plaiens2plainess1plainnes1plainse2planies2plianes2
Edit distance from "plaines"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list