plumet

\ply.mɛ\

/\ply.mɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“plumet” is uncommon French (frequency #89,006 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,006
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plume d’autruche, préparée et mise à un chapeau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plumet · plumet · French

plumet · rank #89,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,006
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plenum

Nearest frequency peer: plenum (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « plumet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plumet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plumet
PropertyValue
Headwordplumet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ply.mɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,006
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « plumet » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).plumettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « plenum » (#89,005), « pluralistes » (#89,007), « plantier » (#89,004). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plumet » est au #89,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plumet is uncommon French at frequency #89,006 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ply.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

plumet has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plumet, spelled P-L-U-M-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plume d’autruche, préparée et mise à un chapeau.
  2. 2
    Bouquet de plumes qui sert d’ornement à certaines coiffures militaires.
  3. 3
    Quelqu'un qui porte un plumet, un militaire.
  4. 4
    Bouquet de plumes qui orne les dais, les lits en dais, les corbillards.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de stipe pennée.
  6. 6
    Inflorescence de certaines plantes.
  7. 7
    Faisceau de plumes monté sur un petit morceau de liège qu’on laisse flotter pour voir d’où vient le vent.
  8. 8
    Celui qui portait le charbon, aide charbonnier, souvent un jeune commis ou apprenti.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beau Geste se leva et, beau comme un dieu avec sa pelisse écarlate à tresses jaunes, son shako noir à plumet, sa sabretache de cuir verni et sa ceinture cramoisie à olives jaunes, se mit à tonner : "Aubergiste, à boire ou je tue le chien ! Donne à mes hussards ton meilleur vin de Moselle et descends pour nous dans la cave."
  2. Porter un plumet.

This word in other languages

hackle(English)

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 "plumet"?
"plumet" is spelled P-L-U-M-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.mɛ\.
What does "plumet" mean?
As a noun, "plumet" means: Plume d’autruche, préparée et mise à un chapeau.
How do you pronounce "plumet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plumet" is \ply.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plenum#89,005Poppée#89,013Pourim#89,015Pillon#88,994

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list