plancher des vaches
The verdict
“plancher des vaches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sol stable, par opposition au pont d’un navire, d’un avion, vaisseau spatial, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plancher-des-vaches · plancher des vaches · French
plancher des vaches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | plancher des vaches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plancher des vaches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
plancher des vaches has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plancher des vaches, spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-E-R- -D-E-S- -V-A-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sol stable, par opposition au pont d’un navire, d’un avion, vaisseau spatial, etc.
- 2S’oppose aux hautes sphères (de l’activité professionnelle, intellectuelle, politique, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plancher des vaches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Outre les voyageurs à deux pieds, il transportait des passagers quadrupèdes, de belles vaches hollandaises dignes de servir de modèle à Paul Potter, qui tournaient, non sans quelque inquiétude, leur mufle humide vers le rivage. Elles paraissaient regretter leur plancher, — le plancher des vaches ! — si estimé de Panurge et de tous ceux qui ont connu les a…
Il nous fallut attendre la fin de la tempête avant de pouvoir nous dégourdir les jambes sur le volcanique plancher des vaches islandaises.
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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.