Which to use
“plaisait” is a verb and “plaisant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,659
- “plaisait” frequency rank
- #12,021
- “plaisant” frequency rank
- 25680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaisait | plaisant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de plaire. | Agréable ; qui plaît. |
Where the eye mixes plaisait and plaisant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. plaisait (CCVVCVVC) and plaisant (CCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: plaisait vs plaisant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: plaisait is \plɛ.zɛ\ while plaisant is \plɛ.zɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “plaisait” becomes n in “plaisant”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaisait is recorded at frequency rank #13,659, classified as averb, pronounced \plɛ.zɛ\. plaisant is at rank #12,021, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɛ.zɑ̃\.
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 25680, this pair ranks #339,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plaisait vs plaisant
Shared letters: ailpst. Private to "plaisait": -. Private to "plaisant": n.
"plaisait" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "plaisant" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plaisait" and "plaisant" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "plaisait" vs "plaisant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "plaisait" and "plaisant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaisait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaisait" and "plaisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plaisant vs plantant". 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 #339,469 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.