plantons

\plɑ̃.tɔ̃\

/\plɑ̃.tɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“plantons” is uncommon French (frequency #76,017 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,017
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe planter.

Key facts for plantons
PropertyValue
Headwordplantons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,017
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “plantons” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). plantons lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plantons is uncommon French at frequency #76,017 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plantons, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plantons, spelled P-L-A-N-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe planter.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe 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 "plantons"?
"plantons" is spelled P-L-A-N-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
What does "plantons" mean?
As a verb, "plantons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe planter.
How do you pronounce "plantons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plantons" is \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plantons" come from?
"plantons" 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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Using “plantons”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-N-T-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \plɑ̃.tɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list