pleural

\plœ.ʁal\

/\plœ.ʁal\/ adj

The verdict

“pleural” is uncommon French (frequency #91,038 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,038
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à la plèvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pleural · pleural · French

pleural · rank #91,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,038
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plastoc

Nearest frequency peer: plastoc (-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 « pleural »

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 « pleural » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pleural
PropertyValue
Headwordpleural
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\plœ.ʁal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pleural » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pleuraltombe 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: « plastoc » (#91,037), « Plasmodium » (#91,036), « plénier » (#91,040). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pleural » est au #91,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pleural is uncommon French at frequency #91,038 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \plœ.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport à la plèvre.".

No misspelling variants are generated for pleural in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pleural, spelled P-L-E-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à la plèvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des anomalies majeures radiologiques (atélectasie, épanchement pleural, pneumonie et/ou adénopathies) sont peu probables en l'absence de tout signe respiratoire (sensibilité de 80 %).
  2. L’homme de 72 ans, retraité depuis 2010, s’est fait diagnostiquer il y a trois ans un mésothéliome pleural, attribué par la CNESST à une exposition professionnelle à la fibre d’amiante dans un des bâtiments de l'établissement d'enseignement.

This word in other languages

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 "pleural"?
"pleural" is spelled P-L-E-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \plœ.ʁal\.
What does "pleural" mean?
As an adjective, "pleural" means: Qui a rapport à la plèvre.
How do you pronounce "pleural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleural" is \plœ.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleural" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list