plouc

\pluk\

/\pluk\/ noun

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The verdict

“plouc” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,101
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paysan, campagnard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plouc · plouc · French

plouc · rank #44,101 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,101
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pleuve

Nearest frequency peer: pleuve (-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 « plouc »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plouc » 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).

plouc vs plu
60% similar
plouc vs pou
60% similar
plouc vs pour
60% similar

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

Key facts for plouc
PropertyValue
Headwordplouc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pluk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,101
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plouc »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ploucse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pleuve » (#44,100), « planeur » (#44,099), « polluent » (#44,103). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plouc » est au #44,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around plouc (IPA \pluk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,101 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for plouc, with forms such as "lpouc", "pllouc", and "plocu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plu", "pou", "pour", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is plouc, spelled P-L-O-U-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paysan, campagnard.
  2. 2
    Péquenaud, rustre, bouseux, cul-terreux, rustique
  3. 3
    Soldat sans grade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un lieu n'est privilégié que par notre enfance et nous ne devons jamais le quitter si nous voulons qu'à leur tour nos enfants s'y accrochent. Les miens étaient des banlieusards et Soledot, pour eux, un trou hanté par deux cents ploucs.
  2. Dans le film « Fantasia chez les ploucs », Lino Ventura incarne Sagamore Noonan qui vit tranquillement dans une ferme où il distille clandestinement du whisky.

Synonyms

ploumplouque

This word in other languages

hick(English)paleto(Español)Hinterwäldler(Deutsch)caipira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpouc
  • pllouc
  • plocu
  • ploucc
  • pluoc
  • poluc
  • pplouc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plouc - 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.

lpouc2pllouc1plocu2ploucc1pluoc2poluc2pplouc1
Edit distance from "plouc"

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 "plouc"?
"plouc" is spelled P-L-O-U-C. The IPA pronunciation is \pluk\.
What does "plouc" mean?
As a noun, "plouc" means: Paysan, campagnard.
What words are commonly confused with "plouc"?
"plouc" is commonly confused with "plu", "pou", "pour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plouc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plouc" is \pluk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plouc" come from?
"plouc" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plouc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

picon#44,094Patel#44,084rabot#44,123Lyons#44,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Pollux7 variantsnommez7 variantsrookie7 variantsscier7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list