platt
[plat]
The verdict
“platt” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,764
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ohne Erhebung, in die Breite gehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-platt · platt · German
platt · rank #8,764 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,764
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pest
Nearest frequency peer: Pest (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “platt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- order
order
91,240 corpus weight
- Page
Page
91,239 corpus weight
- Pest
Pest
91,238 corpus weight
- platt
platt
91,237 corpus weight
- Poster
Poster
91,236 corpus weight
- Professoren
Professoren
91,235 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “platt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | platt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [plat] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “platt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around platt (IPA [plat]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,764 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for platt, with forms such as "lpatt", "paltt", and "plat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "play", "plot", "Pott", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 platt, spelled P-L-A-T-T.
Definition
- 1ohne Erhebung, in die Breite gehend
- 2ohne Luft
- 3sehr erschöpft
- 4weder geistvoll noch geistreich
- 5sehr verblüfft
- 6der Zustand, wenn etwas kaputt gemacht oder niedergewalzt wurde; siehe auch plattmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how platt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Scholle ist ein platter Fisch.
Eine Schar von Besuchern drückt sich die Nase am Sicherheitsglas platt. Fast 400 Meter unter ihnen breitet sich die Betonwüste von Taipeh wie ein Teppich bis zum Horizont aus.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpatt
- paltt
- plat
- pllatt
- pltat
- pplatt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of platt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "platt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "platt". Here's where to go from here.
- "platt" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "play". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,764 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.