planche

/\plɑ̃ʃ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,379

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

planche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ais, pièce de bois refendu, ayant peu d’épaisseur. Pronounced \plɑ̃ʃ\. It ranks #5,379 in French word frequency. Often confused with plane and plante.

Key facts for planche
PropertyValue
Headwordplanche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɑ̃ʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,379
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of planche in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for planche is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɑ̃ʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,379 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for planche, with forms such as "lpanche", "palnche", and "placnhe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "plane", "plante", "Planck", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is planche, spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ais, pièce de bois refendu, ayant peu d’épaisseur.
  2. 2
    Illustration sur un même sujet occupant dans un livre ou un dictionnaire la plus grande partie ou la totalité d'une page.
  3. 3
    Sorte de nage immobile où l’on flotte étendu sur le dos, sans mouvement.
  4. 4
    Morceau de bois plat ou plaque de métal sur lesquels on grave un dessin ou de la musique.
  5. 5
    L’estampe tirée sur cette plaque gravée.
  6. 6
    Semis ou plate-bande, plus long que large, que l’on cultive pour y faire venir des fleurs, des légumes, des herbages.
  7. 7
    Fer de forme particulière que l’on ajuste au pied des mulets.
  8. 8
    Personne plate et maigre.
  9. 9
    Travail écrit présenté en loge.
  10. 10
    Scène sur laquelle paraissent les acteurs.
  11. 11
    Planche à roulettes.
  12. 12
    Bande de terre labourée afin de former régulièrement, sur le terrain, des dérayures et des ados qui en favorisent le drainage.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpanche,palnche,placnhe,plancche,planceh,planchhe,planhce,plannche,pllanche,plnache,pplanche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for planche

Misspelling Variants of "planche"

lpanche7palnche7placnhe7plancche8planceh7planchhe8planhce7plannche8
Misspelling Variants of "planche"

Frequency rank: #5,379 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "planche"?
"planche" is spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plɑ̃ʃ\.
What does "planche" mean?
As a noun, "planche" means: Ais, pièce de bois refendu, ayant peu d’épaisseur.
What words are commonly confused with "planche"?
"planche" is commonly confused with "plane", "plante", "Planck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planche" is \plɑ̃ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planche" come from?
"planche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.