playlists

noun

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The verdict

“playlists” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,528
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-playlists · playlists · French

playlists · rank #42,528 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,528
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaidant

Nearest frequency peer: plaidant (-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 « playlists »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « playlists » 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).

playlists vs playlist
89% similar

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

Key facts for playlists
PropertyValue
Headwordplaylists
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,528
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « playlists »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).playlistsse 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 « plaidant » (#42,527), « plots » (#42,529), « Pisani » (#42,526). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « playlists » est au #42,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around playlists, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,528 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de playlist.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for playlists, with forms such as "lpaylists", "palylists", and "plalyists". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "playlist", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is playlists, spelled P-L-A-Y-L-I-S-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de playlist.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Qu’à cela ne tienne, le transmetteur audio Mohard BC61 vous permettra de diffuser, notamment, depuis votre smartphone, dans l’habitacle, vos playlists préférées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaylists
  • palylists
  • plalyists
  • playilsts
  • playlissts
  • playlistss
  • playlistts
  • playlitss
  • playllists
  • playlsits
  • playylists
  • pllaylists
  • plyalists
  • pplaylists

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpaylists2palylists2plalyists2playilsts2playlissts1playlistss1playlistts1playlitss2
Edit distance from "playlists"

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 "playlists"?
"playlists" is spelled P-L-A-Y-L-I-S-T-S.
What does "playlists" mean?
As a noun, "playlists" means: Pluriel de playlist.
What words are commonly confused with "playlists"?
"playlists" is commonly confused with "playlist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "playlists" come from?
"playlists" 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 "playlists", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pilastres#42,524perdurent#42,517perdirent#42,516propulsée#42,541

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

présuppose14 variantspatrouiller14 variantspéruviens14 variantsnigérians14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list