plea

Other forms of plea

plural

pleas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plea

What does plea mean?

plea means "a humble request for help from someone in authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plea?

plea has 1 syllable: plea. In IPA it is /ˈpli/.

What is another word for plea?

Close synonyms include supplication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plea a common word?

plea is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.