Plutarque

\ply.taʁk\

/\ply.taʁk\/ name

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The verdict

“Plutarque” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,209
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biographe et moraliste de la Grèce antique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plutarque · Plutarque · French

Plutarque · rank #35,209 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,209
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plurielle

Nearest frequency peer: plurielle (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Plutarque”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Plutarque” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Plutarque
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlutarque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ply.taʁk\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,209
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “Plutarque” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Plutarquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plurielle » (#35,208), « plongées » (#35,207), « poireaux » (#35,211). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Plutarque (IPA \ply.taʁk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,209 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Biographe et moraliste de la Grèce antique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Plutarque, with forms such as "lputarque", "pllutarque", and "pltuarque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Plutarque, spelled P-L-U-T-A-R-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Biographe et moraliste de la Grèce antique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marie. – Et cette admiration pour les grands hommes de son Plutarque !
  2. Inutile de m’interroger bien profondément pour me confesser que la vie sauve c’est tout de même une consolation, surtout que les belles morts aujourd’hui n’ont plus droit à Plutarque.

This word in other languages

Plutarch(English)Plutarco(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lputarque
  • pllutarque
  • pltuarque
  • pluatrque
  • plutaqrue
  • plutarqeu
  • plutarqque
  • plutarrque
  • plutaruqe
  • plutraque
  • pluttarque
  • pplutarque
  • pultarque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Plutarque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lputarque2pllutarque1pltuarque2pluatrque2plutaqrue2plutarqeu2plutarqque1plutarrque1
Edit distance from "Plutarque"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Plutarque"?
"Plutarque" is spelled P-L-U-T-A-R-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.taʁk\.
What does "Plutarque" mean?
As a proper noun, "Plutarque" means: Biographe et moraliste de la Grèce antique.
What are common misspellings of "Plutarque"?
Common misspellings include "lputarque", "pllutarque", "pltuarque", "pluatrque", "plutaqrue". The correct spelling is "Plutarque".
How do you pronounce "Plutarque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plutarque" is \ply.taʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plutarque" come from?
"Plutarque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Plutarque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plurielle#35,208possessif#35,212prospères#35,219Patagonie#35,197

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

plongées13 variantspellicules13 variantsprémisses13 variantsnovatrice13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list