Which to use
“plaider” and “plaisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,113
- “plaider” frequency rank
- #46,355
- “plaisez” frequency rank
- 60468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaider | plaisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contester en justice. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de plaire. |
Where the eye mixes plaider and plaisez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. plaider and plaisez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between plaider and plaisez
A purely visual mix-up. plaider (\ple.de\) and plaisez (\plɛ.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaider is recorded at frequency rank #14,113, classified as averb, pronounced \ple.de\. plaisez is at rank #46,355, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɛ.ze\.
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 60468, this pair ranks #97,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plaider vs plaisez
Shared letters: aeilp. Private to "plaider": dr. Private to "plaisez": sz.
"plaider" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "plaisez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plaider" for "plaisez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "plaider" or "plaisez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "plaider" and "plaisez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaider" and "plaisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plaignez vs plaisez". 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 #97,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.