planta
\plɑ̃.ta\
The verdict
“planta” is uncommon French (frequency #50,421 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,421
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de planter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-planta · planta · French
planta · rank #50,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,421
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pita
Nearest frequency peer: pita (-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 « planta »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pincé
pincé
49,584 corpus weight
- pirouettes
pirouettes
49,583 corpus weight
- pita
pita
49,581 corpus weight
- planta
planta
49,580 corpus weight
- plasticiens
plasticiens
49,579 corpus weight
- platt
platt
49,578 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « planta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \plɑ̃.ta\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « planta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
planta is uncommon French at frequency #50,421 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \plɑ̃.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de planter.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for planta, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 planta, spelled P-L-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de planter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how planta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y planta une mèche dont le jeune homme évalua la longueur à trois mètres, de telle sorte que celle-ci, une fois allumée, communiquât le feu au tas de poudre d’abord, à la barrique tout entière ensuite.
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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