planter

\plɑ̃.te\

/\plɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“planter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,011
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fixer une plante en terre pour qu’elle prenne racine et qu’elle croisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-planter · planter · French

planter · rank #8,011 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,011
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pipe

Nearest frequency peer: pipe (-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 « planter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « planter » 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).

planter vs plate
71% similar
planter vs plates
71% similar
planter vs plants
71% similar

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

Key facts for planter
PropertyValue
Headwordplanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɑ̃.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,011
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « planter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.planterse 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 « pipe » (#8,010), « Peugeot » (#8,009), « politiquement » (#8,013). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « planter » est au #8,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around planter (IPA \plɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,011 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for planter, with forms such as "lpanter", "palnter", and "planetr". 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, "plate", "plates", "plants", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is planter, spelled P-L-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fixer une plante en terre pour qu’elle prenne racine et qu’elle croisse.
  2. 2
    Garnir d’arbres.
  3. 3
    Planter des plantes.
  4. 4
    Mettre en terre avec la main, au lieu de semer des graines ou des grains par poignée, et aussi pour des bulbes.
  5. 5
    Enfoncer en terre en laissant paraître une partie en dehors.
  6. 6
    Enfoncer un objet pointu.
  7. 7
    Installer debout sur ses pieds.
  8. 8
    Poignarder.
  9. 9
    Disposer un décor sur la scène.
  10. 10
    Quitter, abandonner quelqu'un ou quelque chose, s'en séparer, ne vouloir plus en avoir affaire.
  11. 11
    Se faire battre, employé sous la forme se faire planter.
  12. 12
    Se dit d’un ordinateur ou d'un logiciel lorsqu’il rencontre une erreur le rendant inutilisable.
  13. 13
    Se tromper, ne pas réussir une épreuve, un travail, se perdre en cours de route…

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les vergers ou les terrains vagues, où l’on ne compte pas sur la récolte du sol, on plante en général 200 pommiers ou poiriers par hectare.
  2. La solution se trouve dans les jardins disséminés çà et là. Beaucoup d’habitants y passent une partie de la journée, devisant joyeusement de parcelle à parcelle en plantant des salades.

This word in other languages

plant(English)plantar(Español)pflanzen(Deutsch)plantar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpanter
  • palnter
  • planetr
  • plannter
  • planterr
  • plantre
  • plantter
  • platner
  • pllanter
  • plnater
  • pplanter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpanter2palnter2planetr2plannter1planterr1plantre2plantter1platner2
Edit distance from "planter"

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 "planter"?
"planter" is spelled P-L-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plɑ̃.te\.
What does "planter" mean?
As a verb, "planter" means: Fixer une plante en terre pour qu’elle prenne racine et qu’elle croisse.
What words are commonly confused with "planter"?
"planter" is commonly confused with "plate", "plates", "plants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planter" is \plɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planter" come from?
"planter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "planter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Peugeot#8,009Nigeria#7,998rendait#8,028meeting#7,992

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

lectures11 variantsStanley11 variantsutilisez11 variantsethnique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list