plaisir

\ple.ziʁ\

/\ple.ziʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“plaisir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#588
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment, sensation agréable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaisir · plaisir · French

plaisir · rank #588 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #588
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH petits

Nearest frequency peer: petits (-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 « plaisir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plaisir » 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).

plaisir vs plaisirs
88% similar
plaisir vs plais
71% similar
plaisir vs plaise
71% similar

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

Key facts for plaisir
PropertyValue
Headwordplaisir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ple.ziʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#588
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaisir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plaisirse 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 « petits » (#587), « produits » (#589), « novembre » (#586). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaisir » est au #588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around plaisir (IPA \ple.ziʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #588 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaisir, with forms such as "lpaisir", "palisir", and "plaiisr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "plaisirs", "plais", "plaise", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 plaisir, spelled P-L-A-I-S-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment, sensation agréable.
  2. 2
    Divertissement.
  3. 3
    Volonté ; consentement.
  4. 4
    Grâce ; faveur ; service ; bon office.
  5. 5
    Espèce d’oublie légère, roulée en cornet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « L’homme est né pour le plaisir : il le sent, il n’en faut point d’autre preuve. Il suit donc sa raison en se donnant au plaisir. »
  2. Bon vin, bons mots, gaillardes chansonnettes ; Sont aiguillons aux amoureux désirs, En toute porte entr’ouverte aux plaisirs L’adroit Amour aisément s’insinue.

This word in other languages

fun(English)placer(Español)Freude(Deutsch)delícia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaisir
  • palisir
  • plaiisr
  • plaisirr
  • plaisri
  • plaissir
  • plasiir
  • pliasir
  • pllaisir
  • pplaisir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpaisir2palisir2plaiisr2plaisirr1plaisri2plaissir1plasiir2pliasir2
Edit distance from "plaisir"

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 "plaisir"?
"plaisir" is spelled P-L-A-I-S-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ple.ziʁ\.
What does "plaisir" mean?
As a noun, "plaisir" means: Sentiment, sensation agréable.
What words are commonly confused with "plaisir"?
"plaisir" is commonly confused with "plaisirs", "plais", "plaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaisir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaisir" is \ple.ziʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaisir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laisser#583doivent#566intérêt#616produit#559

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

derrière10 variantsmalgré10 variantsbonjour10 variantsculture10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list