plombard
\plɔ̃.baʁ\
The verdict
“plombard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plombier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plombard · plombard · French
plombard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | plombard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɔ̃.baʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plombard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plombard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɔ̃.baʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plombier.".
plombard has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plombard, spelled P-L-O-M-B-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Plombier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plombard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je bricole mes sculptures comme des chansonnettes, en plombard appliqué.
Elle avait passé sa vie à vaquer aux soins du ménage, à choisir minutieusement ses marques de lessive, à appeler le plombard quand un robicot fuyait, elle milita activement à « SOS femmes battues » et pondit en passant quatre lardons […].
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.