ploc
\plɔk\
The verdict
“ploc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composition de poil de vache et de verre pilé, ou mélange de feutre et de goudron qu’on met entre le doublage et le bordage d’un navire pour le calfater.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ploc · ploc · French
ploc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ploc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɔk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ploc » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ploc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ploc doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ploc, spelled P-L-O-C.
Definition
- 1Composition de poil de vache et de verre pilé, ou mélange de feutre et de goudron qu’on met entre le doublage et le bordage d’un navire pour le calfater.
- 2Duvet provenant de la fabrication du drap.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.