PLM
\pe.ɛl.ɛm\
The verdict
“PLM” is uncommon French (frequency #52,905 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,905
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie une loi française modifiant le mode de scrutin municipal dans les villes à arrondissements (Paris, Lyon et Marseille).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PLM |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ɛl.ɛm\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “PLM” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
PLM is uncommon French at frequency #52,905 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ɛl.ɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie une loi française modifiant le mode de scrutin municipal dans les villes à arrondissements (Paris, Lyon et Marseille).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for PLM, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 PLM, spelled P-L-M.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une loi française modifiant le mode de scrutin municipal dans les villes à arrondissements (Paris, Lyon et Marseille).
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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Using “PLM”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.ɛl.ɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.