pluvieux

\ply.vjø\

/\ply.vjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“pluvieux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,424
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit du temps et de la saison, lorsqu’ils sont abondants en pluie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pluvieux · pluvieux · French

pluvieux · rank #21,424 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,424
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH PLC

Nearest frequency peer: PLC (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pluvieux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pluvieux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pluvieux vs pluvieuse
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pluvieux
PropertyValue
Headwordpluvieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ply.vjø\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,424
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pluvieux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pluvieuxse 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 « PLC » (#21,423), « pointant » (#21,425), « plant » (#21,422). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pluvieux » est au #21,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pluvieux (IPA \ply.vjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,424 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pluvieux, with forms such as "lpuvieux", "plluvieux", and "pluiveux". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pluvieuse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 pluvieux, spelled P-L-U-V-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit du temps et de la saison, lorsqu’ils sont abondants en pluie.
  2. 2
    Qui amène la pluie.
  3. 3
    Relatif à, ou évocateur de la pluie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De tous les passagers, le plus amusant est sans contredit un bon bourgeois de Glasgow qui cherche dans les voyages un remède au spleen que lui cause le climat pluvieux de son pays.
  2. L’un des rescapés, le père Lannuzel, évoque un « trou pluvieux » et pour qu’un Breton se plaigne de la pluie, c’est que les précipitations devaient être conséquentes !

This word in other languages

rainy(English)lluvioso(Español)verregnet(Deutsch)chuvoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpuvieux
  • plluvieux
  • pluiveux
  • pluveiux
  • pluvieuxx
  • pluviexu
  • pluviuex
  • pluvvieux
  • plvuieux
  • ppluvieux
  • pulvieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpuvieux2plluvieux1pluiveux2pluveiux2pluvieuxx1pluviexu2pluviuex2pluvvieux1
Edit distance from "pluvieux"

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 "pluvieux"?
"pluvieux" is spelled P-L-U-V-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.vjø\.
What does "pluvieux" mean?
As an adjective, "pluvieux" means: Se dit du temps et de la saison, lorsqu’ils sont abondants en pluie.
What words are commonly confused with "pluvieux"?
"pluvieux" is commonly confused with "pluvieuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pluvieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pluvieux" is \ply.vjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pluvieux" come from?
"pluvieux" 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 "pluvieux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pointant#21,425paquebot#21,417Périgord#21,433recevons#21,438

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

refroidi11 variantsmustang11 variantsMississippi11 variantsroulettes11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list