plants

\plɑ̃\

/\plɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“plants” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,231
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-plants · plants · French

plants · rank #13,231 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,231
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piratage

Nearest frequency peer: piratage (-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 « plants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plants » 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).

plants vs plat
67% similar
plants vs plate
67% similar
plants vs ponts
67% similar

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

Key facts for plants
PropertyValue
Headwordplants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,231
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plants »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plantsse 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 « piratage » (#13,230), « pneu » (#13,232), « pieux » (#13,229). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plants » est au #13,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around plants (IPA \plɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,231 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de plant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plants, with forms such as "lpants", "palnts", and "plannts". 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", "ponts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is plants, spelled P-L-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de plant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans ces maïs désépiés, on n’assiste pas à la silicification de la tige, comme dans les plant ordinaires, d’où une meilleure qualité pour la pâte à papier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpants
  • palnts
  • plannts
  • planst
  • plantss
  • plantts
  • platns
  • pllants
  • plnats
  • pplants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpants2palnts2plannts1planst2plantss1plantts1platns2pllants1
Edit distance from "plants"

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

Same letter count

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

rafale#13,241neuves#13,219menthe#13,214régner#13,252

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

parcelle10 variantsrecueille10 variantsreliant10 variantsrendues10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list