pleuvait

\plø.vɛ\

/\plø.vɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“pleuvait” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,293
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de pleuvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pleuvait · pleuvait · French

pleuvait · rank #28,293 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,293
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pittoresques

Nearest frequency peer: pittoresques (-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 « pleuvait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pleuvait » 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).

pleuvait vs pouvait
75% similar
pleuvait vs pleuvoir
75% similar
pleuvait vs pleuvent
75% similar

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

Key facts for pleuvait
PropertyValue
Headwordpleuvait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plø.vɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,293
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pleuvait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pleuvaitse 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 « pittoresques » (#28,292), « plongent » (#28,294), « pistons » (#28,291). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pleuvait » est au #28,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pleuvait (IPA \plø.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,293 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de pleuvoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pleuvait, with forms such as "lpeuvait", "peluvait", and "pleuavit". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pouvait", "pleuvoir", "pleuvent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pleuvait, spelled P-L-E-U-V-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de pleuvoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À Port-Étienne où il ne pleuvait que tous les trois ans si ce n’était sept, il faudra, avant de jouer le matin, balayer et « faubérer » le court de tennis trempé de l’embrun nocturne de l’Océan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpeuvait
  • peluvait
  • pleuavit
  • pleuvaitt
  • pleuvati
  • pleuviat
  • pleuvvait
  • plevuait
  • plleuvait
  • pluevait
  • ppleuvait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpeuvait2peluvait2pleuavit2pleuvaitt1pleuvati2pleuviat2pleuvvait1plevuait2
Edit distance from "pleuvait"

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 "pleuvait"?
"pleuvait" is spelled P-L-E-U-V-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plø.vɛ\.
What does "pleuvait" mean?
As a verb, "pleuvait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de pleuvoir.
What words are commonly confused with "pleuvait"?
"pleuvait" is commonly confused with "pouvait", "pleuvoir", "pleuvent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pleuvait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleuvait" is \plø.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleuvait" come from?
"pleuvait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list