plombé

\plɔ̃.be\

/\plɔ̃.be\/ adj

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The verdict

“plombé” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,644
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est couvert de plomb, qui contient du plomb ou qui est composé de plomb.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plombe · plombé · French

plombé · rank #35,644 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,644
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH playa

Nearest frequency peer: playa (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « plombé »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « plombé » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plombé vs pomme
50% similar
plombé vs plume
50% similar
plombé vs pompe
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plombé
PropertyValue
Headwordplombé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\plɔ̃.be\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,644
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plombé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plombése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « playa » (#35,643), « piteux » (#35,642), « poignante » (#35,646). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plombé » est au #35,644. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around plombé (IPA \plɔ̃.be\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,644 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plombé, with forms such as "lpombé", "pllombé", and "plmobé". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pomme", "plume", "pompe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is plombé, spelled P-L-O-M-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est couvert de plomb, qui contient du plomb ou qui est composé de plomb.
  2. 2
    Qui est lesté de plomb.
  3. 3
    Qui subit un handicap, une contrainte.
  4. 4
    Qui a fait l’objet d’un plombage.
  5. 5
    Qui est livide, couleur de plomb.
  6. 6
    Scellé au moyen de plomb ou de plastique afin de pouvoir vérifier si l’appareil a été manipulé ou modifié.
  7. 7
    Qui a chopé une MST.
  8. 8
    Qui a été la victime d’une arme à feu.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’un taureau jugé trop passif lors d’une corrida.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plombé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Depuis le 1ᵉʳ janvier 2002, il n’y a plus, en principe, de rejets de plomb par les pots d’échappement car le super plombé a été remplacé par du super au phosphate. Cette évolution a eu des effets incontestables.
  2. Il adoptait l’hiver le carrick noisette à trois collets et avait une canne plombée nécessitée par la profonde solitude de quelques parties de son quartier.

Synonyms

saturnin

This word in other languages

leaded(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpombé
  • pllombé
  • plmobé
  • plobmé
  • plombbé
  • plombe
  • plommbé
  • ploméb
  • polmbé
  • pplombé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plombé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpombé2pllombé1plmobé2plobmé2plombbé1plombe1plommbé1ploméb2
Edit distance from "plombé"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plombé"?
"plombé" is spelled P-L-O-M-B-É. The IPA pronunciation is \plɔ̃.be\.
What does "plombé" mean?
As an adjective, "plombé" means: Qui est couvert de plomb, qui contient du plomb ou qui est composé de plomb.
What words are commonly confused with "plombé"?
"plombé" is commonly confused with "pomme", "plume", "pompe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plombé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plombé" is \plɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plombé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plombé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piteux#35,642pineau#35,641pichon#35,639potage#35,651

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

porcine10 variantspatchs10 variantsreality10 variantslivrait10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list