plaquette
noun
plaquette is spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plaquette means “A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plaquette is plaquettes.
How many letters and syllables are in plaquette?
| Letters | 9: P-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is plaquette?
Plaquette appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
Forms of plaquette
- plaquettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plaquette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
- 2
The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plaquette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small tablet:
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 plaquette come from?
Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).