plombières
\plɔ̃.bjɛʁ\
The verdict
“plombières” is uncommon French (frequency #60,284 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,284
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crème glacée contenant de la macédoine de fruits confits marinée dans un alcool (probablement originellement du marasquin, puis du kirsch, ou du cognac, de l’armagnac…).
Corpus desk
Index FR-plombieres · plombières · French
plombières · rank #60,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,284
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ple
Nearest frequency peer: ple (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « plombières »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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plasmatique
39,720 corpus weight
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plaçaient
39,719 corpus weight
- ple
ple
39,718 corpus weight
- plombières
plombières
39,717 corpus weight
- plébiscitée
plébiscitée
39,716 corpus weight
- pneumothorax
pneumothorax
39,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plombières » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plombières |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɔ̃.bjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plombières » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plombières is uncommon French at frequency #60,284 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɔ̃.bjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crème glacée contenant de la macédoine de fruits confits marinée dans un alcool (probablement originellement du marasquin, puis du kirsch, ou du cognac, de l’armagnac…).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for plombières in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plombières, spelled P-L-O-M-B-I-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Crème glacée contenant de la macédoine de fruits confits marinée dans un alcool (probablement originellement du marasquin, puis du kirsch, ou du cognac, de l’armagnac…).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plombières appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au moment où Contenson rentra dans la salle à manger, le vieux Peyrade, qui d’ailleurs avait notablement bu, gobait la petite cerise de sa plombières.
Le café servi, Michel-Charles change de place pour faire face à sa voisine, qui en est encore à sa glace plombières.
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.
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