platter
noun
platter is spelled P-L-A-T-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, platter means “A tray for serving foods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of platter is platters.
How many letters and syllables are in platter?
| Letters | 7: P-L-A-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 platter?
Platter appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 platter?
- US
Platter has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-platter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with platter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as platter.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prattle.
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 platter
- platters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does platter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tray for serving foods.
- 2
A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
- 3
The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
- 4
A vinyl record.
- 5
One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
- 6
One who plats/plaits or braids.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Platter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plat, plateau , platine |
| German | Teller, Servierplatte, Servierteller, Tablett , Plattenteller , Festplatte |
| Portuguese | bandeja, travessa |
| Spanish | fuente, platón , plato |
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 platter come from?
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).