plus bas
\ply ba\
The verdict
“plus bas” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Niveau le plus faible.
| 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) |
Where “plus bas” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for plus bas is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ply ba\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “plus bas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-U-S- -B-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ply ba\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.