Which to use
“place” and “plâtre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #178
- “place” frequency rank
- #12,445
- “plâtre” frequency rank
- 12623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | plâtre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu, endroit, espace qu’occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose. | Gypse qui se trouve par couches dans le sein de la terre. |
Where the eye mixes place and plâtre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between place and plâtre
A purely visual mix-up. place (\plas\) and plâtre (\plɑtʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
place is recorded at frequency rank #178, classified as anoun, pronounced \plas\. plâtre is at rank #12,445, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɑtʁ\.
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 12623, this pair ranks #404,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of place vs plâtre
Shared letters: elp. Private to "place": ac. Private to "plâtre": rtâ.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "plâtre" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- place ← lpace · palce · placce · plaec · plcae · pllace · pplace
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "place" and "plâtre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "place" or "plâtre" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "place" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plâtre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "place" and "plâtre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "platane vs plâtre". 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 #404,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.