plot

/\plo\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,836

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plot is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tronc de cône creux, généralement en plastique et empilable, et servant de marquage au sol de parcours. Pronounced \plo\. Often confused with Po and Pt.

Key facts for plot
PropertyValue
Headwordplot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,836
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plot is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plo\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,836 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for plot, with forms such as "lpot", "pllot", and "plott". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Po", "Pt", "pro", 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 plot, spelled P-L-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tronc de cône creux, généralement en plastique et empilable, et servant de marquage au sol de parcours.
  2. 2
    Petite élévation quadrangulaire d’où plonge le nageur au départ d’une épreuve.
  3. 3
    Pièce métallique sur laquelle s’appuie la lame servant à établir un contact, une connexion électrique.
  4. 4
    Pièce, pavé métallique servant à transmettre l’énergie électrique au tramway.
  5. 5
    Billot.
  6. 6
    Billot sur lequel le bourreau décapite.
  7. 7
    Massif de laiton dont l’horloger se sert pour river la masse sur la platine.
  8. 8
    (Franche-Comté, Bourgogne, Auvergne, Provence) Billot de bois, segment de tronc d’arbre sur lequel on fend le bois à la hache.
  9. 9
    (Forez, Lyonnais, Provence, Savoie) Tabouret à trois ou à quatre pieds.
  10. 10
    Grume débitée en plateaux, puis reconstituée par empilement des plateaux.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpot,pllot,plott,plto,polt,pplot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plot

Misspelling Variants of "plot"

lpot4pllot5plott5plto4polt4pplot5
Misspelling Variants of "plot"

Frequency rank: #33,836 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plot"?
"plot" is spelled P-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \plo\.
What does "plot" mean?
As a noun, "plot" means: Tronc de cône creux, généralement en plastique et empilable, et servant de marquage au sol de parcours.
What words are commonly confused with "plot"?
"plot" is commonly confused with "Po", "Pt", "pro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plot" is \plo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plot" come from?
"plot" 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.