please
\ˈpliz\
The verdict
“please” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,208
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-please · please · French
please · rank #15,208 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,208
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH PK
Nearest frequency peer: PK (-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 « please »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- payez
payez
84,797 corpus weight
- paysanne
paysanne
84,796 corpus weight
- pionnier
pionnier
84,795 corpus weight
- PK
PK
84,794 corpus weight
- please
please
84,793 corpus weight
- poings
poings
84,791 corpus weight
What this shows « please » 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 | please |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈpliz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « please »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around please (IPA \ˈpliz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,208 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plaire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for please, with forms such as "lpease", "pelase", and "plaese". 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, "plèbe", "pleine", "pressé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is please, spelled P-L-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Plaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how please appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I’m very pleased and very touched, as my wife is, at your warm reception here.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpease
- pelase
- plaese
- pleaes
- pleasse
- plesae
- pllease
- pplease
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of please - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "please", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).