plainte

/\plɛ̃t\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,536

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plainte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Gémissement ; lamentation. Pronounced \plɛ̃t\. It ranks #2,536 in French word frequency. Often confused with plait and plate.

Key facts for plainte
PropertyValue
Headwordplainte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,536
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plainte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plainte is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,536 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for plainte, with forms such as "lpainte", "palinte", and "plainet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plait", "plate", "plane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is plainte, spelled P-L-A-I-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gémissement ; lamentation.
  2. 2
    Ce qu’on dit, ce qu’on écrit pour faire connaître le sujet qu’on a de se plaindre de quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Exposé qu’on fait en justice du sujet qu’on a de se plaindre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpainte,palinte,plainet,plainnte,plaintte,plaitne,planite,pliante,pllainte,pplainte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plainte

Misspelling Variants of "plainte"

lpainte7palinte7plainet7plainnte8plaintte8plaitne7planite7pliante7
Misspelling Variants of "plainte"

Frequency rank: #2,536 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plainte"?
"plainte" is spelled P-L-A-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛ̃t\.
What does "plainte" mean?
As a noun, "plainte" means: Gémissement ; lamentation.
What words are commonly confused with "plainte"?
"plainte" is commonly confused with "plait", "plate", "plane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plainte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plainte" is \plɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plainte" come from?
"plainte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.