plus haut
\ply o\
The verdict
“plus haut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la partie précédente de ce texte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-haut · plus haut · French
plus haut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 haut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ply o\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plus haut » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plus haut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ply o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans la partie précédente de ce texte.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plus haut, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 haut, spelled P-L-U-S- -H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Dans la partie précédente de ce texte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plus haut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tantôt avec les lassets, tantôt à l’aide de la bourraque, il faisait une petite récolte de ces belles crevettes roses (quand elles sont cuites) et qu’on appelle le bouquet; muni de l’attirail que j’ai décrit plus haut, il se livrait à une guerre acharnée contre toute la légion des crabes, pouparts, claquarts et craparagdis, sans compter les célèbres pieuv…
Ce qu’on connaît de Parménide est au contraire relativement considérable, et ce qu’il y a de particulièrement précieux, c’est, comme je l’ai dit plus haut, qu’il expose des opinions qui lui sont en réalité étrangères.
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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.