plus bas
\ply ba\
The verdict
“plus bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Niveau le plus faible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-bas · plus bas · French
plus bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plus bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ply ba\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plus bas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plus bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ply ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Niveau le plus faible.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plus bas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plus bas, spelled P-L-U-S- -B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Niveau le plus faible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plus bas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Banque centrale européenne (BCE) abaisse son taux directeur à 0,5 %, son plus bas historique.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.