plus loin

\ply lwɛ̃\

/\ply lwɛ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“plus loin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À une certaine distance d’ici.

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

Where “plus loin” sits in French frequency

plus loin falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plus loin is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ply lwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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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.

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?
"plus loin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “plus loin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-L-U-S- -L-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ply lwɛ̃\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list