plombeux
\plɔ̃.bø\
The verdict
“plombeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui contient du plomb.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plombeux · plombeux · French
plombeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | plombeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \plɔ̃.bø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plombeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plombeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \plɔ̃.bø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
plombeux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is plombeux, spelled P-L-O-M-B-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui contient du plomb.
- 2Qui contient du plomb bivalent (par opposition à plombique).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plombeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bas prix des poteries vernissées les a fait adopter par quelques personnes pour la préparation des aliments. Il peut souvent en résulter de funestes conséquences, car le vernis plombeux est peu durable et se dissout facilement dans le vinaigre, les salaisons, les corps gras qui ont ranci, les aliments acides, etc.
J’ai conclu de ces diverses remarques, que la matière négative déchargée est un sous-sulfate de plomb, ou sulfate plombeux qui aurait sans doute la formule S0₄Pb₂ et correspondrait à l’oxyde plombeux connu Pb₂0, de couleur noire.
Synonyms
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.