plèvre
\plɛvʁ\
The verdict
“plèvre” is uncommon French (frequency #77,799 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,799
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membrane séreuse qui revêt les parois du thorax et enveloppe les poumons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plevre · plèvre · French
plèvre · rank #77,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,799
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH plural
Nearest frequency peer: plural (-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 « plèvre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plongeuse
plongeuse
22,206 corpus weight
- PLUi
PLUi
22,204 corpus weight
- plural
plural
22,203 corpus weight
- plèvre
plèvre
22,202 corpus weight
- pointez
pointez
22,201 corpus weight
- poivrer
poivrer
22,199 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plèvre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plèvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plèvre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plèvre is uncommon French at frequency #77,799 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membrane séreuse qui revêt les parois du thorax et enveloppe les poumons.".
Zero misspellings are on record for plèvre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plèvre, spelled P-L-È-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Membrane séreuse qui revêt les parois du thorax et enveloppe les poumons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plèvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chacun de nos deux poumons, en forme de demi-cône, est un viscère, de consistance molle et élastique, où se produisent les échanges gazeux entre l’air et le sang. Leur base adhère par la plèvre au diaphragme, épousant ainsi sa forme concave et ses mouvements.
L’inflammation de la plèvre.
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.
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