aplatée
\a.pla.te\
The verdict
“aplatée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gifle, fessée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aplatee · aplatée · French
aplatée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aplatée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pla.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aplatée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aplatée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pla.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gifle, fessée.".
aplatée has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aplatée, spelled A-P-L-A-T-É-E.
Definition
- 1gifle, fessée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aplatée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand ma fille est rentrée à minuit passé, elle a pris une bonne aplatée !
Le mot dit bien ce qu’il veut dire : une aplatée est un coup du plat de la main, et bien appliqué : « Tais-toi, ou j’te flanque une aplatée ».
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.