plombier

/\plɔ̃.bje\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,459

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

plombier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ouvrier qui travaille le plomb. Pronounced \plɔ̃.bje\. Often confused with pompier and pommier.

Key facts for plombier
PropertyValue
Headwordplombier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɔ̃.bje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,459
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plombier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plombier is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɔ̃.bje\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,459 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for plombier, with forms such as "lpombier", "pllombier", and "plmobier". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pompier", "pommier", "plombiers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is plombier, spelled P-L-O-M-B-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrier qui travaille le plomb.
  2. 2
    Ouvrier chargé des travaux de plomberie, comme les canalisations d’eau, particulièrement à domicile.
  3. 3
    Agent qui installe des dispositifs d’écoute clandestine.
  4. 4
    Scénariste-conseil

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpombier,pllombier,plmobier,plobmier,plombbier,plombeir,plombierr,plombire,plomiber,plommbier,polmbier,pplombier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plombier

Misspelling Variants of "plombier"

lpombier8pllombier9plmobier8plobmier8plombbier9plombeir8plombierr9plombire8
Misspelling Variants of "plombier"

Frequency rank: #15,459 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plombier"?
"plombier" is spelled P-L-O-M-B-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plɔ̃.bje\.
What does "plombier" mean?
As a noun, "plombier" means: Ouvrier qui travaille le plomb.
What words are commonly confused with "plombier"?
"plombier" is commonly confused with "pompier", "pommier", "plombiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plombier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plombier" is \plɔ̃.bje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plombier" come from?
"plombier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.