Which to use
“place” is a noun and “placent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #178
- “place” frequency rank
- #14,999
- “placent” frequency rank
- 15177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | placent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de placer. |
Same sound, different letters: place vs placent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: place vs placent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: place and placent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \plas\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “place” sits inside “placent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
place is recorded at frequency rank #178, classified as anoun, pronounced \plas\. placent is at rank #14,999, tagged as averb, pronounced \plas\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15177, this pair ranks #393,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of place vs placent
Shared letters: acelp. Private to "place": -. Private to "placent": nt.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "placent" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "place" for "placent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "place" vs "placent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "place" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "placent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "place" and "placent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "placent vs planant". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #393,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.