plaise à Dieu
\plɛ.z‿a djø\
The verdict
“plaise à Dieu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (impersonnel) Formule marquant que l’on souhaite la réalisation de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plaise-a-dieu · plaise à Dieu · French
plaise à Dieu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plaise à Dieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \plɛ.z‿a djø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plaise à Dieu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plaise à Dieu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \plɛ.z‿a djø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(impersonnel) Formule marquant que l’on souhaite la réalisation de quelque chose.".
plaise à Dieu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plaise à Dieu, spelled P-L-A-I-S-E- -À- -D-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1(impersonnel) Formule marquant que l’on souhaite la réalisation de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plaise à Dieu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plaise à Dieu qu’il revienne sain et sauf !
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.