plays
\ˈpleɪz\
The verdict
“plays” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,787
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de play.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plays · plays · French
plays · rank #45,787 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,787
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH planétarium
Nearest frequency peer: planétarium (-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 « plays »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- piastres
piastres
54,217 corpus weight
- piron
piron
54,216 corpus weight
- planétarium
planétarium
54,215 corpus weight
- plays
plays
54,214 corpus weight
- poignards
poignards
54,212 corpus weight
- pokora
pokora
54,211 corpus weight
What this shows « plays » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | plays |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpleɪz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plays »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around plays (IPA \ˈpleɪz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,787 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de play.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for plays, with forms such as "lpays", "palys", and "plasy". 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, "PLS", "plus", "plis", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plays, spelled P-L-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de play.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpays
- palys
- plasy
- playss
- playys
- pllays
- plyas
- pplays
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plays - 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.
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 "plays"?
What does "plays" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "plays"?
How do you pronounce "plays"?
What language does "plays" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plays", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).