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Incorrect Placeholder Check for Plural Forms in Weblate
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Description
### Describe the issue
I encountered a bug in Weblate related to the placeholder check when handling plural forms. Specifically, when plural forms use variables that differ from those in the singular form, Weblate incorrectly validates the placeholders in the translation.
### I already tried
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### Steps to reproduce the behavior
1. Create a translation entry with the following:
Singular form: @(count) Stck.
Plural form: @(otherVariable) Stck.
2. Use the placeholder check feature in Weblate:
placeholders:r"@\([^)]+\)"
3. Attempt to translate both forms.
4. The placeholder check incorrectly validates the plural form.
Weblate expects the variable @(count) in the plural form, marking @(otherVariable) as superfluous and @(count) as missing.
### Expected behavior
The placeholder check should correctly recognize and validate the variables specific to each form (plural or singular). In this case, it should acknowledge @(otherVariable) as the appropriate variable for the plural form without expecting @(count).
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### How do you run Weblate?
PyPI module
### Weblate versions
5.4.2
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