plus ou moins
\ply.z‿u mwɛ̃\
The verdict
“plus ou moins” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Environ, à peu près, grosso modo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-ou-moins · plus ou moins · French
plus ou moins · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 ou moins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ply.z‿u mwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plus ou moins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plus ou moins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ply.z‿u mwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for plus ou moins in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is plus ou moins, spelled P-L-U-S- -O-U- -M-O-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Environ, à peu près, grosso modo.
- 2À différents degrés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plus ou moins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est aux environs de ce chemin, plus ou moins à droite, plus ou moins à gauche, que la veuve Rousselin est emprisonnée.
La lecture on est une prononciation plus ou moins correcte du son chinois que les Japonais s’efforcèrent de reproduire.
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.