plato

/[ˈplat̪o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,507

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recipiente cóncavo utilizado para colocar los alimentos. Pronounced [ˈplat̪o]. It ranks #3,507 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with puto and play.

Key facts for plato
PropertyValue
Headwordplato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplat̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,507
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plato is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,507 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for plato, with forms such as "lpato", "palto", and "plaot". 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, "puto", "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 plato, spelled P-L-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recipiente cóncavo utilizado para colocar los alimentos.
  2. 2
    Alimento servido en este recipiente.
  3. 3
    Cantidad de comida contenida en este recipiente.
  4. 4
    Pieza del tocadiscos sobre la que se pone el disco.
  5. 5
    En la bicicleta, rueda dentada que está colocada en los pedales y contacta a través de la cadena con los piñones de la rueda trasera.
  6. 6
    Asunto sobre el que se cotillea.
  7. 7
    Especie de ornato que se pone en el friso de la arquitectura dórica entre los triglifos.
  8. 8
    Objeto circular de arcilla que se usa en las competiciones de tiro al plato.
  9. 9
    Componente principal de un disco duro. Es un disco circular en el que se almacenan datos en formato magnético.
  10. 10
    Área circundante del home o base destino para completar una carrera.
  11. 11
    Situación o persona divertida y alegre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpato,palto,plaot,platto,pllato,pltao,pplato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plato

Misspelling Variants of "plato"

lpato5palto5plaot5platto6pllato6pltao5pplato6
Misspelling Variants of "plato"

Frequency rank: #3,507 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plato"?
"plato" is spelled P-L-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplat̪o].
What does "plato" mean?
As a noun, "plato" means: Recipiente cóncavo utilizado para colocar los alimentos.
What words are commonly confused with "plato"?
"plato" is commonly confused with "puto", "play", "Prat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plato" is [ˈplat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plato" come from?
"plato" 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.