plâtre
\plɑtʁ\
The verdict
“plâtre” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,445 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,445
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gypse qui se trouve par couches dans le sein de la terre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plâtre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɑtʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plâtre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for plâtre is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɑtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,445 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plâtre, with forms such as "lpâtre", "platre", and "pllâtre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plats", "prêtre", "pleuré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is plâtre, spelled P-L-Â-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Gypse qui se trouve par couches dans le sein de la terre.
- 2Les divers produits de transformation du gypse cuit au four puis réduit en poudres, associés à divers additifs que l'homme de l'art emploie gâché, c'est-à-dire délayé avec de l’eau et malaxé vigoureusement, pour former un liant afin de joindre les pierres ou les moellons, créer une couche pâteuse lissée en enduits, une masse molle et plastique afin de mouler des statues, des ornements d’architecture, etc.
- 3Les plâtres d’une maison, Tout le plâtre employé dans sa construction; et particulièrement Les légers ouvrages de plâtre, tels que ravalements, corniches, languettes de cheminées, scellements, etc.
- 4Tout ouvrage moulé en plâtre.
- 5Moulage pour permettre la reconstruction des os cassés.
- 6Poudre, blanc (maquillage).
- 7Argent.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpâtre,platre,pllâtre,pltâre,plârte,plâter,plâtrre,plâttre,pplâtre,pâltre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plâtre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “plâtre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-Â-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plɑtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plats” - see the side-by-side comparison. plâtre vs plats
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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