plus-value
\ply.va.ly\
The verdict
“plus-value” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excédent de valeur produit par le travail au-delà du salaire, accaparé par le capitaliste, ou profit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-value · plus-value · French
plus-value · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-value |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ply.va.ly\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plus-value is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ply.va.ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for plus-value in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plus-value, spelled P-L-U-S---V-A-L-U-E.
Definition
- 1Excédent de valeur produit par le travail au-delà du salaire, accaparé par le capitaliste, ou profit.
- 2Augmentation de la valeur d’un bien ou d’un actif entre son acquisition et sa revente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plus-value appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plus-value s’obtient par le surtravail que le capitaliste impose à l’ouvrier qu’il emploie. L’ouvrier produisant comme trois et recevant comme deux, par exemple, un est le surtravail ou la part du produit qui lui échappe.
Le capitaliste lui a acheté le salaire d’une semaine et l’ouvrier doit encore travailler les trois derniers jours. Ce surtravail qui s’étend par delà le temps nécessaire à la reproduction du salaire est la source de la plus-value, du profit, de la croissance toujours plus rapide du capital.
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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.