plancton
\plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“plancton” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,068
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble d’organismes aquatiques microscopiques ou macroscopiques, généralement incapables de résister aux courants et dérivant dans les mers ou les eaux douces ; il comprend le phytoplancton, le z...
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 | plancton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plancton” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around plancton (IPA \plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,068 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ensemble d’organismes aquatiques microscopiques ou macroscopiques, généralement incapables de résister aux courants et dérivant dans les mers ou les eaux douces ; il comprend le phytoplancton, le z...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for plancton, with forms such as "lpancton", "palncton", and "placnton". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Platon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plancton, spelled P-L-A-N-C-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ensemble d’organismes aquatiques microscopiques ou macroscopiques, généralement incapables de résister aux courants et dérivant dans les mers ou les eaux douces ; il comprend le phytoplancton, le zooplancton, ainsi que des bactéries et des virus.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpancton
- palncton
- placnton
- planccton
- plancotn
- planctno
- planctonn
- planctton
- planncton
- plantcon
- pllancton
- plnacton
- pplancton
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plancton - 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.
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Using “plancton”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-N-C-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plɑ̃k.tɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Platon” - see the side-by-side comparison. plancton vs Platon
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.