plait

\plɛ\

/\plɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“plait” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,845
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit seigneurial de mutation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plait · plait · French

plait · rank #2,845 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,845
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH particulière

Nearest frequency peer: particulière (-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 « plait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plait » 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).

plait vs pli
60% similar
plait vs plan
60% similar
plait vs plat
80% similar

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

Key facts for plait
PropertyValue
Headwordplait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,845
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plaitse 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 « particulière » (#2,844), « positif » (#2,846), « parlant » (#2,843). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plait » est au #2,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around plait (IPA \plɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,845 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Droit seigneurial de mutation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for plait, with forms such as "lpait", "palit", and "plaitt". 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, "pli", "plan", "plat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 plait, spelled P-L-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Droit seigneurial de mutation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Plait, que les Latins appellent Placitum est un droict Seigneurial qui est dû par la mutation du Seigneur ou du possesseur de la chose qui y est sujette, ou de tous les deux ensemble, selon qu’il est stipulé: A cause dequoy is est également nommé Mutagium, et en notre langue Muage ou Muance, qui est le même droit que le Relief ou Rachat dans les Provin…

Synonyms

muagemuance

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpait
  • palit
  • plaitt
  • plati
  • pliat
  • pllait
  • pplait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plait - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lpait2palit2plaitt1plati2pliat2pllait1pplait1
Edit distance from "plait"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

noter#2,842moral#2,839Simon#2,853vague#2,859

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

juges7 variantsAlpes7 variantsultra7 variantssalles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list