plante

\plɑ̃t\

/\plɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“plante” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,158
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Végétal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plante · plante · French

plante · rank #3,158 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,158
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pitié

Nearest frequency peer: pitié (-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 « plante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plante » 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).

plante vs plat
67% similar
plante vs plate
83% similar
plante vs plats
67% similar

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

Key facts for plante
PropertyValue
Headwordplante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɑ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,158
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plante »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pitié » (#3,157), « Portugal » (#3,159), « peuples » (#3,156). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plante » est au #3,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around plante (IPA \plɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,158 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for plante, with forms such as "lpante", "palnte", and "plannte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plat", "plate", "plats", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plante, spelled P-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Végétal.
  2. 2
    Nom général sous lequel on comprend tous les végétaux, organismes vivants du royaume Plantae, c’est-à-dire les eucaryotes qui possèdent du chloroplaste dans ses cellules.
  3. 3
    Végétal non ligneux ; herbe.
  4. 4
    Plante médicinale.
  5. 5
    Jeune vigne ; vigne nouvelle.
  6. 6
    Partie inférieure du pied sur laquelle le corps prend appui lorsqu’un individu est debout.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bolet (d’un mot grec qui veut dire boule). Ce nom a été appliqué à ces plantes parce que leur chapeau est souvent globuleux.
  2. Toutes ces plantes appartiennent à la classe des cultures dites industrielles, parce qu’elles fournissent des produits qui servent de matières premières à l’industrie.

This word in other languages

plant(English)planta(Español)Pflanze(Deutsch)planta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpante
  • palnte
  • plannte
  • plantte
  • platne
  • pllante
  • plnate
  • pplante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpante2palnte2plannte1plantte1platne2pllante1plnate2pplante1
Edit distance from "plante"

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 "plante"?
"plante" is spelled P-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plɑ̃t\.
What does "plante" mean?
As a noun, "plante" means: Végétal.
What words are commonly confused with "plante"?
"plante" is commonly confused with "plat", "plate", "plats". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plante" is \plɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plante" come from?
"plante" 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 "plante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

poésie#3,160ménage#3,153révèle#3,167graves#3,139

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

trump8 variantsdépôt8 variantscrème8 variantsthèse8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list