Which to use
“plaisanterie” and “plaisanteries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,761
- “plaisanterie” frequency rank
- #29,081
- “plaisanteries” frequency rank
- 43842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaisanterie | plaisanteries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Raillerie, badinerie, chose dite ou faite pour amuser. | Pluriel de plaisanterie. |
Same sound, different letters: plaisanterie vs plaisanteries
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. plaisanterie runs 12 letters (CCVVCVCCVCVV) against plaisanteries's 13 (CCVVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - plaisanterie and plaisanteries
This is the hard kind. plaisanterie and plaisanteries are pronounced identically (\plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “plaisanterie” sits inside “plaisanteries”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaisanterie is recorded at frequency rank #14,761, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi\. plaisanteries is at rank #29,081, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi\.
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 43842, this pair ranks #214,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plaisanterie vs plaisanteries
Shared letters: aeilnprst. Private to "plaisanterie": -. Private to "plaisanteries": -.
"plaisanterie" · 12 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCVV · "plaisanteries" · 13 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plaisanterie ← lpaisanterie · palisanterie · plaiasnterie · plaisanetrie · plaisannterie · plaisanteire · plaisanterei · plaisanterrie
- plaisanteries ← lpaisanteries · palisanteries · plaiasnteries · plaisanetries · plaisannteries · plaisanteires · plaisantereis · plaisanteriess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plaisanterie" and "plaisanteries" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "plaisanterie" or "plaisanteries"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaisanterie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaisanteries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaisanterie" and "plaisanteries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plaisanter vs plaisanterie". 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 #214,971 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.