platysma
/pləˈtɪz.mə/noun
platysma is spelled P-L-A-T-Y-S-M-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, platysma means “A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of platysma is platysmas or platysmata.
How many letters and syllables are in platysma?
| Letters | 8: P-L-A-T-Y-S-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 platysma?
Platysma appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 platysma?
- /pləˈtɪz.mə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-platysma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of platysma
- platysmas plural
- platysmata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does platysma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does platysma come from?
Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).