plaisanter

\plɛ.zɑ̃.te\

/\plɛ.zɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“plaisanter” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,184
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Badiner, dire ou faire quelque chose pour amuser, pour faire rire les autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaisanter · plaisanter · French

plaisanter · rank #31,184 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,184
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilot

Nearest frequency peer: pilot (-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 « plaisanter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaisanter » 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).

plaisanter vs plaisantes
90% similar
plaisanter vs plaisanterie
83% similar
plaisanter vs plaisant
80% similar

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

Key facts for plaisanter
PropertyValue
Headwordplaisanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɛ.zɑ̃.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,184
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaisanter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plaisanterse 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 « pilot » (#31,183), « plantées » (#31,185), « plon » (#31,186). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaisanter » est au #31,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around plaisanter (IPA \plɛ.zɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,184 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaisanter, with forms such as "lpaisanter", "palisanter", and "plaiasnter". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "plaisantes", "plaisanterie", "plaisant", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is plaisanter, spelled P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Badiner, dire ou faire quelque chose pour amuser, pour faire rire les autres.
  2. 2
    Accepter les concessions, le compromis.
  3. 3
    Manquer de sérieux ou de rigueur.
  4. 4
    Parler (de quelque chose) de manière humoristique, ironique, plaisante sans volonté de blesser.
  5. 5
    Se moquer (de quelque chose), railler (quelque chose), de manière plus ou moins blessante.
  6. 6
    Prendre à la légère, négliger (quelque chose).
  7. 7
    Manquer de respect (vis-à-vis de quelque chose)
  8. 8
    Se moquer, railler

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je te ferai grâce du kazatchok pour cette fois, plaisanta Dimitri.
  2. 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…

Synonyms

badinerbouffonnerdéconneren avoir de bonnesgouaillerpolissonnerironiserwitzerzwanzer

This word in other languages

joke(English)bromear(Español)scherzen(Deutsch)gracejar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaisanter
  • palisanter
  • plaiasnter
  • plaisanetr
  • plaisannter
  • plaisanterr
  • plaisantre
  • plaisantter
  • plaisatner
  • plaisnater
  • plaissanter
  • plasianter
  • pliasanter
  • pllaisanter
  • pplaisanter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpaisanter2palisanter2plaiasnter2plaisanetr2plaisannter1plaisanterr1plaisantre2plaisantter1
Edit distance from "plaisanter"

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 "plaisanter"?
"plaisanter" is spelled P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛ.zɑ̃.te\.
What does "plaisanter" mean?
As a verb, "plaisanter" means: Badiner, dire ou faire quelque chose pour amuser, pour faire rire les autres.
What words are commonly confused with "plaisanter"?
"plaisanter" is commonly confused with "plaisantes", "plaisanterie", "plaisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaisanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaisanter" is \plɛ.zɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaisanter" come from?
"plaisanter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

prétendus15 variantsmicrocosme15 variantsrépugnant15 variantsmaghrébin15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list