pleurer

\plœ.ʁe\

/\plœ.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“pleurer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,487
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répandre des larmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pleurer · pleurer · French

pleurer · rank #3,487 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,487
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH potes

Nearest frequency peer: potes (+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 « pleurer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pleurer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pleurer vs pleurs
71% similar
pleurer vs pleuve
71% similar
pleurer vs pleurez
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pleurer
PropertyValue
Headwordpleurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plœ.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,487
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pleurer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pleurerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « potes » (#3,488), « pertes » (#3,485), « prisonniers » (#3,489). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pleurer » est au #3,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pleurer (IPA \plœ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,487 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pleurer, with forms such as "lpeurer", "pelurer", and "pleruer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pleurs", "pleuve", "pleurez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pleurer, spelled P-L-E-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Répandre des larmes.
  2. 2
    Déplorer les fautes quelqu’un, ses égarements, ses malheurs, sa perte.
  3. 3
    Faire apparaître un écoulement de larmes déterminé par une cause physique.
  4. 4
    Dégoutter de la sève du bois d’un arbre ou d’un arbuste, après qu’il a été fraîchement taillé.
  5. 5
    Faire pitié pour obtenir quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Se dit du cri du goéland, du crocodile.
  7. 7
    Regretter ou déplorer la perte de quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; s’en affliger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon cher lecteur, pleurez avec ces éplorés, si cela peut vous faire plaisir, mais soyez bien persuadé que ces pleureurs ne sont pas les représentants de l'esprit ni du caractère liégeois.
  2. […] des hommes mûrs pleuraient à la vue du drapeau étoilé soutenu par tout le corps de ballet noyé sous les clartés des projecteurs.

Synonyms

braillerchialerlarmoyerpleurnichersangloterlacrimerlarmerpisser de l’œil

Antonyms

riresourire

This word in other languages

weep(English)llorar(Español)weinen(Deutsch)chorar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpeurer
  • pelurer
  • pleruer
  • pleuerr
  • pleurerr
  • pleurre
  • pleurrer
  • plleurer
  • pluerer
  • ppleurer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pleurer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpeurer2pelurer2pleruer2pleuerr2pleurerr1pleurre2pleurrer1plleurer1
Edit distance from "pleurer"

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 "pleurer"?
"pleurer" is spelled P-L-E-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plœ.ʁe\.
What does "pleurer" mean?
As a verb, "pleurer" means: Répandre des larmes.
What words are commonly confused with "pleurer"?
"pleurer" is commonly confused with "pleurs", "pleuve", "pleurez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pleurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleurer" is \plœ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleurer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

paysage#3,484recette#3,496méchant#3,476mystère#3,475

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

remonte10 variantsretrait10 variantslimiter10 variantsitalienne10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list