planure

\pla.nyʁ\

/\pla.nyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“planure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Copeau d’une pièce de bois ou de métal que l’on plane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-planure · planure · French

planure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for planure
PropertyValue
Headwordplanure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.nyʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « planure » en français

planuren'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

planure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla.nyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Copeau d’une pièce de bois ou de métal que l’on plane.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for planure, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is planure, spelled P-L-A-N-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Copeau d’une pièce de bois ou de métal que l’on plane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Se chauffer avec des planures.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "planure"?
"planure" is spelled P-L-A-N-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.nyʁ\.
What does "planure" mean?
As a noun, "planure" means: Copeau d’une pièce de bois ou de métal que l’on plane.
How do you pronounce "planure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planure" is \pla.nyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planure" come from?
"planure" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list