microplane
noun
microplane is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microplane means “One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microplane is microplanes.
How many letters and syllables are in microplane?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is microplane?
Microplane appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with microplane?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as microplane.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: complainer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of microplane
- microplanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microplane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc.
- 2
datedrareA very small airplane: a micro-airplane; especially, one that can carry a human.
Near-synonym: microlight
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does microplane come from?
From micro- + plane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).