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“planquer” and “planter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,911
- “planquer” frequency rank
- #8,011
- “planter” frequency rank
- 35922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | planquer | planter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cacher, mettre en lieu sûr. | Fixer une plante en terre pour qu’elle prenne racine et qu’elle croisse. |
Where the eye mixes planquer and planter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: planquer vs planter
A purely visual mix-up. planquer (\plɑ̃.ke\) and planter (\plɑ̃.te\) 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 35922, 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\. planter is at rank #8,011, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɑ̃.te\.
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 35922, this pair ranks #273,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of planquer vs planter
Shared letters: aelnpr. Private to "planquer": qu. Private to "planter": t.
"planquer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "planter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "planquer" and "planter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "planquer" or "planter"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "planquer" and "planter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "planquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "planter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "planquer" and "planter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planquer 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 #273,235 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.