plata

/[ˈplat̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#754

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plata is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elemento químico de número atómico 47 situado en el grupo 11 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ag. Es un metal de transición blanco y brillante. Presenta las mayores conductivid... Pronounced [ˈplat̪a]. It ranks #754 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with puta and play.

Key facts for plata
PropertyValue
Headwordplata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplat̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#754
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plata in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plata is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplat̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #754 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for plata, with forms such as "lpata", "plaat", and "platta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "play", "Prat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is plata, spelled P-L-A-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento químico de número atómico 47 situado en el grupo 11 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ag. Es un metal de transición blanco y brillante. Presenta las mayores conductividades térmica y eléctrica de todos los metales, y se encuentra formando parte de distintos minerales (generalmente en forma de sulfuro) o como plata libre.
  2. 2
    Dinero.
  3. 3
    Metal que se representa de color blanco, uno de los dos empleados en el diseño de los blasones.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpata,plaat,platta,pllata,pltaa,pplata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plata

Misspelling Variants of "plata"

lpata5plaat5platta6pllata6pltaa5pplata6
Misspelling Variants of "plata"

Frequency rank: #754 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plata"?
"plata" is spelled P-L-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplat̪a].
What does "plata" mean?
As a noun, "plata" means: Elemento químico de número atómico 47 situado en el grupo 11 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ag. Es un metal de transición blanco y brillante. Presenta las mayores conductivid...
What words are commonly confused with "plata"?
"plata" is commonly confused with "puta", "play", "Prat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plata" is [ˈplat̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plata" come from?
"plata" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.