plongent

\plɔ̃ʒ\

/\plɔ̃ʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“plongent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,294
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plongent · plongent · French

plongent · rank #28,294 · 13 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,294
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pleuvait

Nearest frequency peer: pleuvait (-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 « plongent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plongent » 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).

plongent vs plonger
75% similar
plongent vs prônent
63% similar
plongent vs plongés
63% similar

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

Key facts for plongent
PropertyValue
Headwordplongent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɔ̃ʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,294
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plongent »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pleuvait » (#28,293), « poilus » (#28,295), « pittoresques » (#28,292). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plongent » est au #28,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around plongent (IPA \plɔ̃ʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,294 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for plongent, with forms such as "lpongent", "pllongent", and "plnogent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "plonger", "prônent", "plongés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plongent, spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de plonger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les bras se dénudent, les décolletés plongent et les jupes se raccourcissent !!!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpongent
  • pllongent
  • plnogent
  • plognent
  • plonegnt
  • plongennt
  • plongentt
  • plongetn
  • plonggent
  • plongnet
  • plonngent
  • polngent
  • pplongent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpongent2pllongent1plnogent2plognent2plonegnt2plongennt1plongentt1plongetn2
Edit distance from "plongent"

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 "plongent"?
"plongent" is spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plɔ̃ʒ\.
What does "plongent" mean?
As a verb, "plongent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger.
What words are commonly confused with "plongent"?
"plongent" is commonly confused with "plonger", "prônent", "plongés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plongent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plongent" is \plɔ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plongent" come from?
"plongent" 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 "plongent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pleuvait#28,293perverse#28,290personal#28,289passerez#28,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

perdition13 variantspréoccupée13 variantsparvenues13 variantsremontés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list