plombier

\plɔ̃.bje\

/\plɔ̃.bje\/ noun

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The verdict

“plombier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,459
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier qui travaille le plomb.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plombier · plombier · French

plombier · rank #15,459 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,459
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piscines

Nearest frequency peer: piscines (-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 « plombier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plombier » 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).

plombier vs pompier
75% similar
plombier vs pommier
75% similar
plombier vs plombiers
89% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plombier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plombierse 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 « piscines » (#15,458), « pognon » (#15,460), « persévérance » (#15,457). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plombier » est au #15,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around plombier (IPA \plɔ̃.bje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,459 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plombier, spelled P-L-O-M-B-I-E-R.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je décline pour ne pas froisser Chaglaate. Je fais comme le plombier auquel la dame sinistrée proposait la botte et qui préférait un coup de rouge.
  2. Dans le bâtiment ce sont des fous. Il faut le savoir. Ils sont vraiment tous fous. Ça fait quarante ans que je suis dans le métier et je ne m’y suis jamais habitué. Les plus dingues de tous, ce sont les plombiers. Je ne prends plus un contrat si un plombier doit travailler en même temps que moi. Khaled semblait terrifié par cette corporation dont l’irresp…

Synonyms

plombard

This word in other languages

plumber(English)Klempner(Deutsch)encanador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpombier
  • pllombier
  • plmobier
  • plobmier
  • plombbier
  • plombeir
  • plombierr
  • plombire
  • plomiber
  • plommbier
  • polmbier
  • pplombier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plombier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpombier2pllombier1plmobier2plobmier2plombbier1plombeir2plombierr1plombire2
Edit distance from "plombier"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piscines#15,458pouvions#15,462occupera#15,451protéine#15,468

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

publient12 variantsminières12 variantsmillionnaire12 variantsmembrane12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list