plaintes

\plɛ̃t\

/\plɛ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“plaintes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,331
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaintes · plaintes · French

plaintes · rank #6,331 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,331
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phases

Nearest frequency peer: phases (-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 « plaintes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaintes » 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).

plaintes vs plante
75% similar
plaintes vs plates
75% similar
plaintes vs plants
75% similar

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

Key facts for plaintes
PropertyValue
Headwordplaintes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,331
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaintes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plaintesse 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 « phases » (#6,330), « porteur » (#6,332), « permission » (#6,329). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaintes » est au #6,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around plaintes (IPA \plɛ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,331 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de plainte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaintes, with forms such as "lpaintes", "palintes", and "plainets". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plante", "plates", "plants", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plaintes, spelled P-L-A-I-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de plainte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 1833, Mlle Fischer, qui travaillait parfois la nuit quand elle avait beaucoup d'ouvrage, sentit, vers une heure du matin, une odeur d’acide carbonique, et entendit les plaintes d’un mourant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaintes
  • palintes
  • plainets
  • plainntes
  • plaintess
  • plaintse
  • plainttes
  • plaitnes
  • planites
  • pliantes
  • pllaintes
  • pplaintes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpaintes2palintes2plainets2plainntes1plaintess1plaintse2plainttes1plaitnes2
Edit distance from "plaintes"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

rattraper12 variantsnouveauté12 variantsmaquillage12 variantstrahison12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list