plinthes
\plɛ̃t\
The verdict
“plinthes” is uncommon French (frequency #77,794 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,794
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de plinthe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plinthes · plinthes · French
plinthes · rank #77,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,794
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH platonicien
Nearest frequency peer: platonicien (-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 « plinthes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- planchon
planchon
22,210 corpus weight
- planner
planner
22,209 corpus weight
- platonicien
platonicien
22,208 corpus weight
- plinthes
plinthes
22,207 corpus weight
- plongeuse
plongeuse
22,206 corpus weight
- PLUi
PLUi
22,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plinthes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plinthes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plinthes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plinthes is uncommon French at frequency #77,794 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɛ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de plinthe.".
plinthes has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is plinthes, spelled P-L-I-N-T-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de plinthe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plinthes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Précisément, mademoiselle, la grâce vient des proportions exactes entre les stylobates, les plinthes, les corniches et les ornements ; puis je n’ai rien doré, les couleurs sont sobres et n’offrent point de tons éclatants.
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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