pluriel

\ply.ʁjɛl\

/\ply.ʁjɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“pluriel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,273
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre grammatical de choses quand il est supérieur à un dans la plupart des langues ou à deux si cette langue comporte un duel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pluriel · pluriel · French

pluriel · rank #11,273 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,273
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planning

Nearest frequency peer: planning (-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 « pluriel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pluriel » 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).

pluriel vs plurielle
78% similar
pluriel vs pluie
71% similar
pluriel vs pluies
71% similar

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

Key facts for pluriel
PropertyValue
Headwordpluriel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ply.ʁjɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,273
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pluriel »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plurielse 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 « planning » (#11,272), « promise » (#11,275), « prototype » (#11,276). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pluriel » est au #11,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pluriel (IPA \ply.ʁjɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,273 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pluriel, with forms such as "lpuriel", "plluriel", and "plruiel". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "plurielle", "pluie", "pluies", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pluriel, spelled P-L-U-R-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre grammatical de choses quand il est supérieur à un dans la plupart des langues ou à deux si cette langue comporte un duel.
  2. 2
    Mot qui est au pluriel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’arabe, outre son pluriel régulier qui se forme comme dans toutes les autres langues par l’addition de certaines désinences, présente encore une formation particulière, étrangère aux autres langues sémites, et s’écartant en apparence de toute formation connue.
  2. Ce sont là les pluriels makhzen, soumis et bien obéissants ; il y a bien en dehors d’eux quelques pluriels dissidents, partis en siba, depuis longtemps ; vous les apprendrez bien rapidement par l’usage ; leur caractère dissident attirera sur eux votre attention.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpuriel
  • plluriel
  • plruiel
  • pluirel
  • plureil
  • pluriell
  • plurile
  • plurriel
  • ppluriel
  • pulriel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pluriel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpuriel2plluriel1plruiel2pluirel2plureil2pluriell1plurile2plurriel1
Edit distance from "pluriel"

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 "pluriel"?
"pluriel" is spelled P-L-U-R-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.ʁjɛl\.
What does "pluriel" mean?
As a noun, "pluriel" means: Nombre grammatical de choses quand il est supérieur à un dans la plupart des langues ou à deux si cette langue comporte un duel.
What words are commonly confused with "pluriel"?
"pluriel" is commonly confused with "plurielle", "pluie", "pluies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pluriel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pluriel" is \ply.ʁjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pluriel" come from?
"pluriel" 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 "pluriel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list