plat de résistance
\pla də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“plat de résistance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat constituant le cœur d’un repas, normalement le plus copieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plat-de-resistance · plat de résistance · French
plat de résistance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 résistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pla də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plat de résistance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pla də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plat constituant le cœur d’un repas, normalement le plus copieux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for plat de résistance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 résistance, spelled P-L-A-T- -D-E- -R-É-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Plat constituant le cœur d’un repas, normalement le plus copieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plat de résistance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gigot, le carré et l'épaule peuvent s'accommoder aux choux : c'est un plat de résistance qui plaît généralement.
L’iguane est un plat médiocre, disent les uns, cela sent le reptile. Mais si l'on peut vaincre sa répugnance, cela constitue un plat de résistance et qui vaut bien le singe rouge. Quant à moi, j'en suis très friand ; […].
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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.