playlists

noun

The verdict

“playlists” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,528 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#42,528
frequency rank, French
9
letters
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de playlist.

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)

Where “playlists” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). playlists lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for playlists is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #42,528 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de playlist.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for playlists, with forms such as "lpaylists", "palylists", and "plalyists". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "playlist", 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 playlists, spelled P-L-A-Y-L-I-S-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de playlist.

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.

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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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Using “playlists”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-Y-L-I-S-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “playlist” - see the side-by-side comparison. playlists vs playlist
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list