plonger

\plɔ̃.ʒe\

/\plɔ̃.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“plonger” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,598
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfoncer quelqu’un, quelque chose dans un liquide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plonger · plonger · French

plonger · rank #8,598 · 11 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,598
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pistolet

Nearest frequency peer: pistolet (-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 « plonger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plonger » 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).

plonger vs prôner
57% similar
plonger vs plongés
71% similar
plonger vs plongez
86% similar

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

Key facts for plonger
PropertyValue
Headwordplonger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plɔ̃.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,598
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plonger »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pistolet » (#8,597), « portables » (#8,599), « pie » (#8,596). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plonger » est au #8,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around plonger (IPA \plɔ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,598 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for plonger, with forms such as "lponger", "pllonger", and "plnoger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "prôner", "plongés", "plongez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct French form is plonger, spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfoncer quelqu’un, quelque chose dans un liquide.
  2. 2
    Enfoncer profondément.
  3. 3
    Mettre dans une situation nouvelle ou un état nouveau.
  4. 4
    Être complétement absorbé.
  5. 5
    S’enfoncer entièrement dans l’eau, en sorte que l’eau passe par-dessus la tête.
  6. 6
    Avoir une direction de haut en bas.
  7. 7
    Par analogie, se lancer tête en bas et les bras en avant.
  8. 8
    Faire la révérence de cour.
  9. 9
    Être condamné à une peine de prison.
  10. 10
    S’abandonner complètement à un état ou une activité.
  11. 11
    Se livrer à un travail, une recherche qui absorbe entièrement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Firecrest tanguait fortement contre une mer très dure, plongeant son étrave dans les lames.
  2. Je plongeai les crabes dans la casserole d’eau bouillante.

Synonyms

immerger

This word in other languages

plunge(English)bucear(Español)tauchen(Deutsch)mergulhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lponger
  • pllonger
  • plnoger
  • plogner
  • plonegr
  • plongerr
  • plongger
  • plongre
  • plonnger
  • polnger
  • pplonger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lponger2pllonger1plnoger2plogner2plonegr2plongerr1plongger1plongre2
Edit distance from "plonger"

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 "plonger"?
"plonger" is spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plɔ̃.ʒe\.
What does "plonger" mean?
As a verb, "plonger" means: Enfoncer quelqu’un, quelque chose dans un liquide.
What words are commonly confused with "plonger"?
"plonger" is commonly confused with "prôner", "plongés", "plongez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plonger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plonger" is \plɔ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plonger" come from?
"plonger" 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 "plonger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

notable#8,586Moselle#8,583soulève#8,621suffira#8,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pourvoir11 variantspunition11 variantsmodifiée11 variantssurplus11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list