pluie

\plɥi\

/\plɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“pluie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,293
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de gouttes d’eau dues à la condensation de la vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui tombent du ciel sur la terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pluie · pluie · French

pluie · rank #2,293 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,293
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pote

Nearest frequency peer: pote (+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 « pluie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pluie » 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).

pluie vs pue
60% similar
pluie vs plus
60% similar
pluie vs puis
60% similar

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

Key facts for pluie
PropertyValue
Headwordpluie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɥi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,293
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pluie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pluiese 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 « pote » (#2,294), « nucléaire » (#2,291), « primaire » (#2,295). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pluie » est au #2,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pluie (IPA \plɥi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,293 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pluie, with forms such as "lpuie", "pliue", and "plluie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pue", "plus", "puis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pluie, spelled P-L-U-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de gouttes d’eau dues à la condensation de la vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui tombent du ciel sur la terre.
  2. 2
    Tout ce qui semble tomber du ciel comme la pluie.
  3. 3
    Chose qui arrive en abondance.
  4. 4
    Chute d’un grand nombre d’étincelles produites par une certaine composition de matières inflammables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La condensation des vapeurs ou nuages donne lieu à la pluie ou à la neige, suivant les températures.
  2. Des pluies éparses ou violentes, des épisodes cévenols, une tornade en Corse : après la vague des canicules et des grands incendies, la France connaît un « retour à la normale » chaotique.

This word in other languages

rain(English)lluvia(Español)Regen(Deutsch)chuva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpuie
  • pliue
  • plluie
  • pluei
  • ppluie
  • pulie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pluie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpuie2pliue2plluie1pluei2ppluie1pulie2
Edit distance from "pluie"

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 "pluie"?
"pluie" is spelled P-L-U-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plɥi\.
What does "pluie" mean?
As a noun, "pluie" means: Ensemble de gouttes d’eau dues à la condensation de la vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui tombent du ciel sur la terre.
What words are commonly confused with "pluie"?
"pluie" is commonly confused with "pue", "plus", "puis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pluie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pluie" is \plɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pluie" come from?
"pluie" 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 "pluie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

neige#2,290Syrie#2,300infos#2,281échec#2,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

murs6 variantsvélo6 variantscrée6 variantsfans6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list