plat de la main
\pla də la mɛ̃\
The verdict
“plat de la main” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La main ouverte et plate, considérée du côté de la paume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plat-de-la-main · plat de la main · French
plat de la main · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | plat de la main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pla də la mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plat de la main is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla də la mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La main ouverte et plate, considérée du côté de la paume.".
Zero misspellings are on record for plat de la main in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 plat de la main, spelled P-L-A-T- -D-E- -L-A- -M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1La main ouverte et plate, considérée du côté de la paume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plat de la main appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Daniel s’appliqua une claque du plat de la main sur le front : – Ça alors, j’allais faire une belle connerie !
Comme sa femme s’était approchée de la fenêtre, il s’avança aussi et frappa la table du plat de sa main sèche.
Synonyms
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.