plat
/plæt/noun, verb, adjective, adverb
plat is spelled P-L-A-T: 4 letters. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “plat vs platt” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, plat means “A plot of land; a lot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plat is plats.
How many letters and syllables are in plat?
| Letters | 4: P-L-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plat?
Plat appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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).
How do you pronounce plat?
- US /plæt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-plat.wav, En-us-plat.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with plat
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: platt.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with plat?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plat from its last stressed vowel (/æt/):
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 plat
- plats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- platting participle, present
- platted participle, past
- more plat comparative
- most plat superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plot of land; a lot.
- 2
A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- 3
obsoleteA plot, a scheme.
- 4
A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
they also wear a cap or cup on the head formed of beargrass and cedar bark. the men also frequently attatch some small ornament to a small plat of hair on the center of the crown of their heads.
- 5
Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- 6
Clipping of platform
- 7
slangClipping of platform game
verb
- 1
To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
- 2
To braid, to plait.
adjective
- 1
Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
The whirling wheel and speedy swift axle-tree / Smat down to ground, and on the earth lay plat.
adverb
- 1
Flatly, plainly.
Fourth, see [that] thou hide nothing, nor dissemble, but speak plat, and plainly as much as thou knowest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does plat come from?
The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat. The verb is derived from the noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).