player

\ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\

/\ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\/ adj

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The verdict

“player” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,519
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour un objet, qui joue seul, automatique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-player · player · French

player · rank #17,519 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,519
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planifié

Nearest frequency peer: planifié (-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 « player »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « player » 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).

player vs plier
67% similar
player vs plays
67% similar
player vs Pleyel
50% similar

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

Key facts for player
PropertyValue
Headwordplayer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,519
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « player »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.playerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « planifié » (#17,518), « plie » (#17,520), « plaidoyer » (#17,517). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « player » est au #17,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around player (IPA \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,519 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pour un objet, qui joue seul, automatique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for player, with forms such as "lpayer", "palyer", and "plaeyr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plier", "plays", "Pleyel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is player, spelled P-L-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pour un objet, qui joue seul, automatique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpayer
  • palyer
  • plaeyr
  • playerr
  • playre
  • playyer
  • pllayer
  • plyaer
  • pplayer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of player - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lpayer2palyer2plaeyr2playerr1playre2playyer1pllayer1plyaer2
Edit distance from "player"

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 "player"?
"player" is spelled P-L-A-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\.
What does "player" mean?
As an adjective, "player" means: Pour un objet, qui joue seul, automatique.
What words are commonly confused with "player"?
"player" is commonly confused with "plier", "plays", "Pleyel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "player"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "player" is \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "player" come from?
"player" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "player", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

paiera#17,503reliée#17,541Müller#17,491Monroe#17,485

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

poulain9 variantsnouilles9 variantsMissouri9 variantslégume9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list