# plainte vs plaints

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### plainte
*noun · IPA \plɛ̃t\ · frequency rank #2,536*
Gémissement ; lamentation.

### plaints
*verb · IPA \plɛ̃\ · frequency rank #40,927*
Participe passé masculin pluriel de plaindre.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/plainte-vs-plaints