pléon
\ple.ɔ̃\
The verdict
“pléon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phylum de végétation macroscopique flottante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pleon · pléon · French
pléon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pléon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ple.ɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pléon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pléon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ple.ɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pléon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pléon, spelled P-L-É-O-N.
Definition
- 1Phylum de végétation macroscopique flottante.
- 2Abdomen des crustacés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pléon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On y distingue quatre formations ; le bathostadion où les plantes sont submergées, le ploadostadion où les plantes ont des feuilles flottantes, l’hélostadion si elles ont une partie émergée et le pseudopléon formé de fragments détachés d’éléments du stadion qui flottent et peuvent vivre longtemps et de mêler aux pléons.
Le corps des adultes (fig. 4.14.B) est formé de 3 tagmes : la tête ou céphalon, le thorax ou péréion et l’abdomen ou pléon.
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.