platine

[pla.tin]

/[pla.tin]/ noun

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The verdict

“platine” is uncommon German (frequency #72,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,812
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Platin

Corpus desk

Index DE-platine · platine · German

platine · rank #72,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,812
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Plastikfolie

Nearest frequency peer: Plastikfolie (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „platine“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „platine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for platine
PropertyValue
Headwordplatine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pla.tin]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „platine“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).platinefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Plastikfolie“ (#72,810), „podemos“ (#72,814), „Pistols“ (#72,809). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „platine“ bei #72,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

platine is uncommon German at frequency #72,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pla.tin]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Platin".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for platine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is platine, spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Platin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "platine"?
"platine" is spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pla.tin].
What does "platine" mean?
As a noun, "platine" means: Platin
How do you pronounce "platine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "platine" is [pla.tin]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "platine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "platine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

podemos#72,814Pistols#72,809Politur#72,815pinseln#72,808

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list