planeur

\pla.nœʁ\

/\pla.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“planeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,099
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avion sans moteur, pouvant planer de façon prolongée et pratiquer le vol à voile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-planeur · planeur · French

planeur · rank #44,099 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,099
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pleuve

Nearest frequency peer: pleuve (+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 « planeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « planeur » 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).

planeur vs player
71% similar
planeur vs planter
71% similar
planeur vs preneur
71% similar

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

Key facts for planeur
PropertyValue
Headwordplaneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.nœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,099
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « planeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.planeurse 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 « pleuve » (#44,100), « piqueur » (#44,097), « plouc » (#44,101). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « planeur » est au #44,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around planeur (IPA \pla.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,099 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for planeur, with forms such as "lpaneur", "palneur", and "plaenur". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "player", "planter", "preneur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is planeur, spelled P-L-A-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avion sans moteur, pouvant planer de façon prolongée et pratiquer le vol à voile.
  2. 2
    Cellule de l’avion, à l’exclusion des moteurs.
  3. 3
    Ce qui pratique le vol à voile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme anémomètre, le venturi est utilisé uniquement sur les avions lents et les planeurs.
  2. Il fallait abandonner la poutre et recommencer une instruction de trois jours sur un C-800 pansu, un planeur véritable, davantage configuré pour la vitesse et capable d’atteindre des hauteurs sérieuses.

This word in other languages

glider(English)velero(Español)Gleiter(Deutsch)planador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaneur
  • palneur
  • plaenur
  • planeru
  • planeurr
  • planneur
  • planuer
  • pllaneur
  • plnaeur
  • pplaneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of planeur - 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.

lpaneur2palneur2plaenur2planeru2planeurr1planneur1planuer2pllaneur1
Edit distance from "planeur"

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 "planeur"?
"planeur" is spelled P-L-A-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.nœʁ\.
What does "planeur" mean?
As a noun, "planeur" means: Avion sans moteur, pouvant planer de façon prolongée et pratiquer le vol à voile.
What words are commonly confused with "planeur"?
"planeur" is commonly confused with "player", "planter", "preneur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planeur" is \pla.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planeur" come from?
"planeur" 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 "planeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piqueur#44,097Pouilly#44,105oxymore#44,081publiez#44,118

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

polluent10 variantsPierrick10 variantsprédis10 variantsosciller10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list