plein comme un œuf
The verdict
“plein comme un œuf” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Complètement rempli, sans que l’on ne puisse rien ajouter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plein comme un œuf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plein comme un œuf” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for plein comme un œuf is 18 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for plein comme un œuf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plein comme un œuf, spelled P-L-E-I-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -Œ-U-F.
Definition
- 1Complètement rempli, sans que l’on ne puisse rien ajouter.
- 2Repu, satisfait.
- 3Ivre.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “plein comme un œuf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-E-I-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -Œ-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.