planchette
/plænˈʃɛt/
"planchette" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“planchette” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small plank.
Corpus desk
Index EN-planchette · planchette · English
planchette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planchette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /plænˈʃɛt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “planchette” in English
Rare enough to double-check
planchette is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /plænˈʃɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
planchette has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -ette. The correct English form is planchette, spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small plank.
- 2A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
- 3A plane table.
- 4One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how planchette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some general security features to look for in both Canadian and American currency are . . .small green dots or "planchettes" randomly embedded throughout the paper that glow under ultraviolet light.
Etymology
Borrowed from French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -ette.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.