plaquette

\pla.kɛt\

/\pla.kɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“plaquette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,720
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit volume qui a fort peu d’épaisseur relativement à son format.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plaquette · plaquette · French

plaquette · rank #24,720 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,720
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pitch

Nearest frequency peer: pitch (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaquette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « plaquette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plaquette vs plaquettes
90% similar
plaquette vs plaquée
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plaquette
PropertyValue
Headwordplaquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.kɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,720
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plaquette »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).plaquettese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pitch » (#24,719), « Poincaré » (#24,721), « piquet » (#24,718). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plaquette » est au #24,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around plaquette (IPA \pla.kɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,720 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaquette, with forms such as "lpaquette", "palquette", and "plaqeutte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plaquettes", "plaquée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is plaquette, spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit volume qui a fort peu d’épaisseur relativement à son format.
  2. 2
    Document en papier, dépliant et de fine épaisseur.
  3. 3
    Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.
  4. 4
    Pièce d’un frein, qui en frottant contre un disque, permet de ralentir une roue.
  5. 5
    Médaille rectangulaire, octogonale, etc.
  6. 6
    Ancienne monnaie de billon dans plusieurs pays.
  7. 7
    Système utilisé en haut de voie pour assurer.
  8. 8
    Mode de consommation de drogue.
  9. 9
    Plaquette de natation.
  10. 10
    Plaquette de médicaments (blister)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trois plaquettes de vers, une de prose, six romans, deux volumes de contes, plusieurs livres de critique d’art, deux pièces de théâtre et un petit récit de souvenirs d’enfance, forment à trente-quatre ans, mon bagage littéraire.
  2. À ma mort on trouverait des inédits dans mes tiroirs, une méditation sur la mer, une comédie en un acte, quelques pages érudites et sensibles sur les monuments d’Aurillac, de quoi faire une plaquette qui serait publiée par les soins de mes anciens élèves.

This word in other languages

platelet(English)plaqueta(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaquette
  • palquette
  • plaqeutte
  • plaqquette
  • plaquete
  • plaquetet
  • plaqutete
  • plauqette
  • pllaquette
  • plqauette
  • pplaquette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plaquette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpaquette2palquette2plaqeutte2plaqquette1plaquete1plaquetet2plaqutete2plauqette2
Edit distance from "plaquette"

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 "plaquette"?
"plaquette" is spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.kɛt\.
What does "plaquette" mean?
As a noun, "plaquette" means: Petit volume qui a fort peu d’épaisseur relativement à son format.
What words are commonly confused with "plaquette"?
"plaquette" is commonly confused with "plaquettes", "plaquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaquette" is \pla.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaquette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

polygamie#24,723phosphate#24,713perfusion#24,712proverbes#24,729

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pinceaux11 variantspourtour11 variantsramenés11 variantspasserais11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list