Which to use
“planqués” is a noun and “plantées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,633
- “planqués” frequency rank
- #31,185
- “plantées” frequency rank
- 75818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | planqués | plantées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de planqué. | Féminin pluriel de planté. |
Where the eye mixes planqués and plantées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. planqués and plantées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between planqués and plantées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: planqués is \plɑ̃.ke\ while plantées is \plɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
planqués is recorded at frequency rank #44,633, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɑ̃.ke\. plantées is at rank #31,185, tagged as anadj, 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 75818, this pair ranks #32,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of planqués vs plantées
Shared letters: alnpsé. Private to "planqués": qu. Private to "plantées": et.
"planqués" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "planqués" for "plantées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "planqués" or "plantées" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "planqués" and "plantées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "planqués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "planqués" and "plantées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paniques vs planqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.