planquervsplanquésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: planquer is a verb, planqués is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“planquer” is a verb and “planqués” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,911
“planquer” frequency rank
#44,633
“planqués” frequency rank
72544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature planquer planqués
Definition Cacher, mettre en lieu sûr. Pluriel de planqué.

Same sound, different letters: planquer vs planqués

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

8 ch
planquer
8 ch
planqués

Homophone desk: planquer vs planqués

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: planquer and planqués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \plɑ̃.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

planquer is recorded at frequency rank #27,911, classified as averb, pronounced \plɑ̃.ke\. planqués is at rank #44,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɑ̃.ke\.

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 72544, this pair ranks #43,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of planquer vs planqués

Shared letters: alnpqu. Private to "planquer": er. Private to "planqués": .

"planquer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "planqués" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • planquerlpanquer · palnquer · plannquer · planqeur · planqquer · planquerr · planqure · planuqer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "planquer" and "planqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "planquer" is a verb and "planqués" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "planquer" or "planqués"?
"planquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,911 in our French list, against #44,633 for "planqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "planquer" / "planqués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "planquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "planqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "planquer" and "planqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paniques 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 #43,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list