plat de nouilles
\pla də nuj\
The verdict
“plat de nouilles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne sans entrain, molle, apathique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plat-de-nouilles · plat de nouilles · French
plat de nouilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 nouilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pla də nuj\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plat de nouilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla də nuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for plat de nouilles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 plat de nouilles, spelled P-L-A-T- -D-E- -N-O-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Personne sans entrain, molle, apathique.
- 2Système complexe.
- 3Ensemble de cables emmêlés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plat de nouilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce gars ? Tu n’en tireras rien : c’est un vrai plat de nouilles, il ne bosse que quand je le regarde !
Emmanuel Macron rêve de ne faire qu’une bouchée du plat de nouilles institutionnel qu’est devenue la Métropole du Grand Paris.
This word in other languages
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.