pleur

\plœʁ\

/\plœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pleur” is uncommon French (frequency #61,039 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,039
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de pleurer, écoulement de larmes, larmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pleur · pleur · French

pleur · rank #61,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,039
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH platitude

Nearest frequency peer: platitude (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pleur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pleur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pleur
PropertyValue
Headwordpleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,039
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pleur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pleurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « platitude » (#61,038), « pleurera » (#61,040), « planificateur » (#61,037). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pleur » est au #61,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pleur is uncommon French at frequency #61,039 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pleur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pleur, spelled P-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de pleurer, écoulement de larmes, larmes.
  2. 2
    Lamentation.
  3. 3
    Cri du goéland.
  4. 4
    Sève qui s’échappe des bourgeons, particulièrement ceux de la vigne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […]: la belle Heleine se mist à plourer tendrement : tellement que les ruisseaulx de ses larmes tomboient en grande habondance […]. La cause de son pleur venoit ou pour iuste douleur & remors de conscience de son crime detestable de sa chastete brisee, & dissolution de son mariage legitime […].
  2. La rentrée d'Émilien avec son bras amputé m'a re-ému et j'ai versé un pleur sur la dernière page, au portrait de la marquise de Franqueville.

This word in other languages

cry(English)lágrima(Español)Träne(Deutsch)lágrima(Português)

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 "pleur"?
"pleur" is spelled P-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plœʁ\.
What does "pleur" mean?
As a noun, "pleur" means: Action de pleurer, écoulement de larmes, larmes.
How do you pronounce "pleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleur" is \plœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pleur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

polos#61,042potin#61,050oumma#61,005rifle#61,100

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list