plus loin

\ply lwɛ̃\

/\ply lwɛ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“plus loin” 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) - À une certaine distance d’ici.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plus-loin · plus loin · French

plus loin · 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.

Key facts for plus loin
PropertyValue
Headwordplus loin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ply lwɛ̃\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « plus loin » en français

plus loinreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plus loin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ply lwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

plus loin has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 plus loin, spelled P-L-U-S- -L-O-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    À une certaine distance d’ici.
  2. 2
    Dans la partie suivante de ce texte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a une jolie boutique plus loin.
  2. Il se rappela leurs conversations d’antan, avec Abraham, quand ils se moquaient d’eux-mêmes, incapables – et sans réel désir alors – de la quitter cette région, de pousser plus loin qu’Utrecht, enracinés tels de vieux arbres dans ce sol si familier. Indécrottables sédentaires.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plus loin"?
"plus loin" is spelled P-L-U-S- -L-O-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ply lwɛ̃\.
What does "plus loin" mean?
As an adverb, "plus loin" means: À une certaine distance d’ici.
How do you pronounce "plus loin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plus loin" is \ply lwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plus loin" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list