Which to use
“plaira” and “plais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,444
- “plaira” frequency rank
- #13,865
- “plais” frequency rank
- 26309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaira | plais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de plaire. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de plaire. |
Where the eye mixes plaira and plais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses plaira with plais
A purely visual mix-up. plaira (\plɛ.ʁa\) and plais (\plɛ\) 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 26309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaira is recorded at frequency rank #12,444, classified as averb, pronounced \plɛ.ʁa\. plais is at rank #13,865, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɛ\.
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 26309, this pair ranks #335,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plaira vs plais
Shared letters: ailp. Private to "plaira": r. Private to "plais": s.
"plaira" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "plais" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plaira" and "plais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "plaira" or "plais" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "plaira" and "plais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaira" and "plais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plais vs Polaris". 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 #335,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.