plano

\ˈpla.no\

/\ˈpla.no\/ adj

The verdict

“plano” is uncommon French (frequency #84,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,176
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de llano.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plano · plano · French

plano · rank #84,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,176
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ploemeur

Nearest frequency peer: Ploemeur (+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 « plano »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « plano » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plano
PropertyValue
Headwordplano
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈpla.no\
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « plano » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).planotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Ploemeur » (#84,177), « piétinant » (#84,173), « pistol » (#84,172). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plano » est au #84,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plano is uncommon French at frequency #84,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈpla.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de llano.".

plano has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is plano, spelled P-L-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de llano.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how plano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un terreno plano.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plano"?
"plano" is spelled P-L-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpla.no\.
What does "plano" mean?
As an adjective, "plano" means: Variante de llano.
How do you pronounce "plano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plano" is \ˈpla.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plano" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plano", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list