planque
\plɑ̃k\
The verdict
“planque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,828
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cachette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-planque · planque · French
planque · rank #26,828 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,828
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pleurez
Nearest frequency peer: pleurez (+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 « planque »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- penn
penn
73,177 corpus weight
- physionomie
physionomie
73,175 corpus weight
- planque
planque
73,173 corpus weight
- pleurez
pleurez
73,172 corpus weight
- PNL
PNL
73,171 corpus weight
- pollutions
pollutions
73,170 corpus weight
What this shows « planque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | planque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « planque »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around planque (IPA \plɑ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,828 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for planque, with forms such as "lpanque", "palnque", and "plannque". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "plante", "plaqué", "plaques", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is planque, spelled P-L-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Cachette.
- 2Action, pour des policiers, d’exercer une surveillance tout en restant cachés (« être en planque, monter une planque »).
- 3Situation où l’on est à l’abri, où l’on ne court pas de risque (en particulier en temps de guerre).
- 4Emploi bien rémunéré et où l’on est protégé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how planque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour cesser de penser à l’expression de mon père, quand il allait découvrir la planque et le lit vides, j’écoutais Foxy Brown dans mon walkman et chaque clope que je fumais avait un goût de nuit blanche.
Avec un mécanicien nous sortons à quelques mètres des hélicos, un genou à terre, pointant nos armes vers les lisières et attendons les commandos qui doivent sortir de leur planque avec les personnels de l’ambassade.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpanque
- palnque
- plannque
- planqeu
- planqque
- planuqe
- plaqnue
- pllanque
- plnaque
- pplanque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of planque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "planque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).