Which to use
“plaies” and “plaintes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,114
- “plaies” frequency rank
- #6,331
- “plaintes” frequency rank
- 20445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaies | plaintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de plaie. | Pluriel de plainte. |
Where the eye mixes plaies and plaintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. plaies runs 6 letters (CCVVVC) against plaintes's 8 (CCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: plaies vs plaintes
A purely visual mix-up. plaies (\plɛ\) and plaintes (\plɛ̃t\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaies is recorded at frequency rank #14,114, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɛ\. plaintes is at rank #6,331, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɛ̃t\.
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 20445, this pair ranks #368,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plaies vs plaintes
Shared letters: aeilps. Private to "plaies": -. Private to "plaintes": nt.
"plaies" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC · "plaintes" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plaies" and "plaintes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "plaies" or "plaintes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plaies" and "plaintes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaintes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaies" and "plaintes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palaces vs plaies". 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 #368,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.