aplanir
\a.pla.niʁ\
The verdict
“aplanir” is uncommon French (frequency #53,767 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,767
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plan, uni.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aplanir · aplanir · French
aplanir · rank #53,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,767
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH antalgiques
Nearest frequency peer: antalgiques (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « aplanir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- animalière
animalière
46,237 corpus weight
- Anson
Anson
46,236 corpus weight
- antalgiques
antalgiques
46,235 corpus weight
- aplanir
aplanir
46,234 corpus weight
- apprécierais
apprécierais
46,233 corpus weight
- arabesque
arabesque
46,232 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aplanir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aplanir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.pla.niʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aplanir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aplanir is uncommon French at frequency #53,767 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.pla.niʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aplanir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aplanir, spelled A-P-L-A-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre plan, uni.
- 2Lever les difficultés, les obstacles, les empêchements qui se rencontrent dans une affaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aplanir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vent étant tombé vers les huit heures du soir, et la mer s’étant aplanie, le vaisseau demeura immobile.
De gros scrapers décapaient le sol et stockaient les roches, d'autres ratissaient et aplanissaient la surface dégagée pour délimiter nettement le trou circulaire que les ingénieurs avaient décidé de creuser pour atteindre le minerai.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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