plaisantait

\plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\

/\plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“plaisantait” is uncommon French (frequency #59,535 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,535
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaisantait · plaisantait · French

plaisantait · rank #59,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,535
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaignantes

Nearest frequency peer: plaignantes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « plaisantait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plaisantait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plaisantait
PropertyValue
Headwordplaisantait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,535
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « plaisantait » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plaisantaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « plaignantes » (#59,534), « plaisants » (#59,536), « phytothérapie » (#59,533). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaisantait » est au #59,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plaisantait is uncommon French at frequency #59,535 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de plaisanter.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plaisantait, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plaisantait, spelled P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de plaisanter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce dernier, bien que spécialisé dans le travail manuel, avait gambergé très vite sachant qu’Alvaro ne plaisantait jamais quand il sortait son soufflant, et qu’un macchabée, même coincé dans un vasistas, ça ne cause plus bezef…

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 "plaisantait"?
"plaisantait" is spelled P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\.
What does "plaisantait" mean?
As a verb, "plaisantait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de plaisanter.
How do you pronounce "plaisantait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaisantait" is \plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list