plonger

/\plɔ̃.ʒe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,598

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

plonger is aFrenchverb. It means: Enfoncer quelqu’un, quelque chose dans un liquide. Pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\. It ranks #8,598 in French word frequency. Often confused with prôner and plongés.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plonger is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plɔ̃.ʒe\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,598 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for plonger, with forms such as "lponger", "pllonger", and "plnoger". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "prôner", "plongés", "plongez", 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 plonger, spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lponger,pllonger,plnoger,plogner,plonegr,plongerr,plongger,plongre,plonnger,polnger,pplonger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plonger

Misspelling Variants of "plonger"

lponger7pllonger8plnoger7plogner7plonegr7plongerr8plongger8plongre7
Misspelling Variants of "plonger"

Frequency rank: #8,598 in French

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 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.