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“Plantar” or “Planter”

plantar / planter are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

plantar

  • adjectiverelating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot.

planter p·l·AE·n·t·er

  • nounthe owner or manager of a plantation.
  • nouna worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground.
  • nouna decorative pot for house plants.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“plantar”

  • S1 is associated with ankle plantar flexors.
  • …the lateral side of the plantar surface.

“planter”

  • …1865) was a Florida lawyer, planter and Democratic politician who served…
  • …the murder of an English planter in Ceylon, which Sam Obeysekere,…
  • …same parish, also a sugar planter.
  • …and worked as a cotton planter in Alabama.
  • Sub-irrigated planter
  • …1910 by descendants of a planter family.
  • David Hunt, Antebellum planter who lived on Woodlawn Plantation…
  • …Catherine Hunt, the daughter of planter David Hunt, the mansion remained…
  • …War and a prominent Virginia planter.
  • …was the wealthy Maryland Catholic planter Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who…

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