planton
\plɑ̃.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“planton” is uncommon French (frequency #90,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,036
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat qui est de service auprès d’un officier pour porter ses ordres, à une porte pour renseigner, pour surveiller, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-planton · planton · French
planton · rank #90,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,036
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH planchent
Nearest frequency peer: planchent (-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 « planton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pisan
pisan
9,968 corpus weight
- planchent
planchent
9,966 corpus weight
- planton
planton
9,965 corpus weight
- pliait
pliait
9,964 corpus weight
- plissement
plissement
9,963 corpus weight
- plombage
plombage
9,962 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « planton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « planton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
planton is uncommon French at frequency #90,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
planton has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is planton, spelled P-L-A-N-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Soldat qui est de service auprès d’un officier pour porter ses ordres, à une porte pour renseigner, pour surveiller, etc.
- 2Service de ce soldat.
- 3Faire le planton : attendre, surveiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how planton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En outre, afin qu’il ménageât ses facultés intellectuelles, un planton lui était affecté, le petit Langloy en l’occurrence, que Fromentel avait désigné d’office après une vaine demande de volontaire.
Je balayais les feuilles mortes dans la cour, je nettoyais les cabinets, j’étais planton aux ordures.
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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