plongeur

\plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\

/\plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“plongeur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,314
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plongeur · plongeur · French

plongeur · rank #23,314 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,314
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plomberie

Nearest frequency peer: plomberie (-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 « plongeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plongeur » 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).

plongeur vs plongez
75% similar
plongeur vs plongeurs
89% similar
plongeur vs plongé
63% similar

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

Key facts for plongeur
PropertyValue
Headwordplongeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,314
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plongeur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plongeurse 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 « plomberie » (#23,313), « pompée » (#23,315), « plessis » (#23,312). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plongeur » est au #23,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around plongeur (IPA \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,314 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for plongeur, with forms such as "lpongeur", "pllongeur", and "plnogeur". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "plongez", "plongeurs", "plongé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plongeur, spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A de grandes altitudes planaient les frégates et les phaétons, qui tombaient souvent avec une rapidité vertigineuse pour arracher en l'air leur proie aux oiseaux de mer plongeurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpongeur
  • pllongeur
  • plnogeur
  • plogneur
  • plonegur
  • plongeru
  • plongeurr
  • plonggeur
  • plonguer
  • plonngeur
  • polngeur
  • pplongeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plongeur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lpongeur2pllongeur1plnogeur2plogneur2plonegur2plongeru2plongeurr1plonggeur1
Edit distance from "plongeur"

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 "plongeur"?
"plongeur" is spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\.
What does "plongeur" mean?
As an adjective, "plongeur" means: Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "plongeur"?
"plongeur" is commonly confused with "plongez", "plongeurs", "plongé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plongeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plongeur" is \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plongeur" come from?
"plongeur" 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 "plongeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

poussins#23,318parabole#23,308paieront#23,307prélevés#23,323

Similar misspelling depth

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

métissage12 variantsretirées12 variantslittérale12 variantssalutaire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list