plan
\plɑ̃\
The verdict
“plan” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #391. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #391
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui est uni, plat, qui ne présente ni courbure ni ondulation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plan · plan · French
plan · rank #391 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #391
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH mise
Nearest frequency peer: mise (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “plan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- matin
matin
99,612 corpus weight
- mise
mise
99,611 corpus weight
- plan
plan
99,610 corpus weight
- saison
saison
99,609 corpus weight
- sait
sait
99,608 corpus weight
- type
type
99,607 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plan” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \plɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plan” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around plan (IPA \plɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #391 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for plan, with forms such as "lpan", "paln", and "plann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PN", "plu", "psa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists 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 plan, spelled P-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est uni, plat, qui ne présente ni courbure ni ondulation.
- 2Qui possède une surface lisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une surface plane est une surface telle qu’une droite passant par deux de ses points y soit contenue tout entière.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpan
- paln
- plann
- pllan
- plna
- pplan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plan - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.