planform
noun
planform is a noun meaning “The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-L-A-N-F-O-R-M, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of planform is planforms.
What does planform mean?
noun
- 1
The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of planform
- planforms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is planform?
Planform appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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).
Planform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shape and layout:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | forme en plan |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does planform come from?
From plan + form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).