à plat dos
\a pla do\
The verdict
“à plat dos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Allongé à plat, avec le dos face au sol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à plat dos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pla do\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à plat dos” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à plat dos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a pla do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Allongé à plat, avec le dos face au sol.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à plat dos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à plat dos, spelled À- -P-L-A-T- -D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Allongé à plat, avec le dos face au sol.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “à plat dos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -P-L-A-T- -D-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a pla do\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.