Which to use
“plaquée” is an adjective and “plaquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,069
- “plaquée” frequency rank
- #23,646
- “plaquer” frequency rank
- 66715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaquée | plaquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de plaqué. | Appliquer une chose sur une autre. |
Same sound, different letters: plaquée vs plaquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: plaquée vs plaquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: plaquée and plaquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pla.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 66715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaquée is recorded at frequency rank #43,069, classified as anadj, pronounced \pla.ke\. plaquer is at rank #23,646, tagged as averb, pronounced \pla.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 66715, this pair ranks #66,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plaquée vs plaquer
Shared letters: aelpqu. Private to "plaquée": é. Private to "plaquer": r.
"plaquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "plaquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plaquer ← lpaquer · palquer · plaqeur · plaqquer · plaquerr · plaqure · plauqer · pllaquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plaquée" and "plaquer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "plaquée" or "plaquer"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaquée" and "plaquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planqués vs plaquée". 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 #66,585 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.