planchon
\plɑ̃.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“planchon” is uncommon French (frequency #77,791 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,791
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de plançon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-planchon · planchon · French
planchon · rank #77,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,791
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH placentaire
Nearest frequency peer: placentaire (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « planchon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Pimkie
Pimkie
22,213 corpus weight
- placentaire
placentaire
22,211 corpus weight
- planchon
planchon
22,210 corpus weight
- planner
planner
22,209 corpus weight
- platonicien
platonicien
22,208 corpus weight
- plinthes
plinthes
22,207 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « planchon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑ̃.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « planchon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
planchon is uncommon French at frequency #77,791 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɑ̃.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de plançon.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for planchon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is planchon, spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de plançon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how planchon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du planchon de colza.
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.
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