plaquette

/\pla.kɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,720

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

plaquette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit volume qui a fort peu d’épaisseur relativement à son format. Pronounced \pla.kɛt\. Often confused with plaquettes and plaquée.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plaquette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plaquette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pla.kɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,720 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaquette, with forms such as "lpaquette", "palquette", and "plaqeutte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plaquettes", "plaquée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is plaquette, spelled P-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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)

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpaquette,palquette,plaqeutte,plaqquette,plaquete,plaquetet,plaqutete,plauqette,pllaquette,plqauette,pplaquette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plaquette

Misspelling Variants of "plaquette"

lpaquette9palquette9plaqeutte9plaqquette10plaquete8plaquetet9plaqutete9plauqette9
Misspelling Variants of "plaquette"

Frequency rank: #24,720 in French

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?
"plaquette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.