à plat
\a pla\
The verdict
“à plat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un pneu dégonflé ou crevé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-plat · à plat · French
à plat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à plat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a pla\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à plat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à plat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a pla\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à plat, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is à plat, spelled À- -P-L-A-T.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un pneu dégonflé ou crevé.
- 2Par extension.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à plat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le véhicule roulait au ralenti et il avait piètre allure avec un pneu à plat, le pare-chocs tordu, la bâche protégeant sa cargaison soufflée par la bourrasque et emmêlée dans les amarres.
Nous sentions que les joueuses étaient plus à plat qu’à l’habitude.
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