Which to use
“planche” and “planches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,379
- “planche” frequency rank
- #6,641
- “planches” frequency rank
- 12020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | planche | planches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ais, pièce de bois refendu, ayant peu d’épaisseur. | Pluriel de planche. |
Same sound, different letters: planche vs planches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - planche and planches
This is the hard kind. planche and planches are pronounced identically (\plɑ̃ʃ\) 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) - “planche” sits inside “planches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
planche is recorded at frequency rank #5,379, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɑ̃ʃ\. planches is at rank #6,641, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɑ̃ʃ\.
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 12020, this pair ranks #406,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of planche vs planches
Shared letters: acehlnp. Private to "planche": -. Private to "planches": s.
"planche" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "planches" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "planche" and "planches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "planche" vs "planches" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"planche" and "planches" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "planche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "planches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "planche" and "planches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planches vs planqués". 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 #406,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.