planer

\pla.ne\

/\pla.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“planer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,368
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se soutenir en l’air, les ailes étendues et immobiles, en parlant des oiseaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-planer · planer · French

planer · rank #19,368 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,368
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaignant

Nearest frequency peer: plaignant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « planer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « planer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

planer vs plans
67% similar
planer vs plate
67% similar
planer vs plier
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for planer
PropertyValue
Headwordplaner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pla.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,368
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « planer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.planerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plaignant » (#19,367), « pleurait » (#19,369), « pinot » (#19,366). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « planer » est au #19,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around planer (IPA \pla.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,368 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for planer, with forms such as "lpaner", "palner", and "plaenr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plans", "plate", "plier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 planer, spelled P-L-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se soutenir en l’air, les ailes étendues et immobiles, en parlant des oiseaux.
  2. 2
    Se soutenir sur les plans horizontaux, le moteur arrêté, en parlant d’un avion.
  3. 3
    Dominer du regard, surplomber.
  4. 4
    Dominer.
  5. 5
    Rêver, être perdu dans ses pensées, ne pas être en phase avec la réalité.
  6. 6
    Être sous l'influence de la drogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how planer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A de grandes altitudes planaient les frégates et les phaétons, qui tombaient souvent avec une rapidité vertigineuse pour arracher en l'air leur proie aux oiseaux de mer plongeurs.
  2. En haut, des milans planaient au-dessus des arbres et franchissaient l'étendue lisse du Nil.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaner
  • palner
  • plaenr
  • planerr
  • planner
  • planre
  • pllaner
  • plnaer
  • pplaner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of planer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpaner2palner2plaenr2planerr1planner1planre2pllaner1plnaer2
Edit distance from "planer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "planer"?
"planer" is spelled P-L-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.ne\.
What does "planer" mean?
As a verb, "planer" means: Se soutenir en l’air, les ailes étendues et immobiles, en parlant des oiseaux.
What words are commonly confused with "planer"?
"planer" is commonly confused with "plans", "plate", "plier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planer" is \pla.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planer" come from?
"planer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "planer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list