plantage
\plɑ̃.taʒ\
The verdict
“plantage” is uncommon French (frequency #64,003 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,003
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de planter, plantation pour la canne à sucre, le tabac etc….
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plantage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑ̃.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plantage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plantage is uncommon French at frequency #64,003 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɑ̃.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plantage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plantage, spelled P-L-A-N-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de planter, plantation pour la canne à sucre, le tabac etc….
- 2Façon dont on dispose les végétaux dans un jardin, un parc.
- 3Jardin potager.
- 4Dans une corderie, charpente élevée sur le sol pour porter les manivelles qui servent à tordre les cordes.
- 5Crash, interruption anormale et inattendue d’un logiciel, simple application ou système d’exploitation.
This word in other languages
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 “plantage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-N-T-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plɑ̃.taʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.