platane

\pla.tan\

/\pla.tan\/ noun

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The verdict

“platane” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,070
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de platanacées, grands arbres dont l’écorce se fissure en écailles (rhytidomes) laissant apparaître le liège par zones, à grandes feuilles caduques alternes et lobées, et dont les fruits sont...

Corpus desk

Index FR-platane · platane · French

platane · rank #43,070 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,070
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaquée

Nearest frequency peer: plaquée (-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 « platane »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « platane » 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).

platane vs plate
71% similar
platane vs plâtre
57% similar
platane vs Platon
57% similar

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

Key facts for platane
PropertyValue
Headwordplatane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.tan\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,070
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « platane »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.platanese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plaquée » (#43,069), « platonique » (#43,071), « plancton » (#43,068). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « platane » est au #43,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around platane (IPA \pla.tan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,070 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for platane, with forms such as "lpatane", "paltane", and "plaatne". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "plate", "plâtre", "Platon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is platane, spelled P-L-A-T-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de platanacées, grands arbres dont l’écorce se fissure en écailles (rhytidomes) laissant apparaître le liège par zones, à grandes feuilles caduques alternes et lobées, et dont les fruits sont des akènes, généralement velus réunis en boules pendantes.
  2. 2
    Bois de cet arbre, utilisé en menuiserie, en charpente et en ébénisterie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Platane (Platanus occidentalis) est caractérisé par ses écailles d’écorce, plates, arrondies et semblables à celles du Pin, sauf que leur contour n’est jamais aîlé comme chez ces derniers.
  2. La Range Rover était là, sous les platanes.

This word in other languages

sycamore(English)plátano(Español)Platane(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpatane
  • paltane
  • plaatne
  • plataen
  • platanne
  • platnae
  • plattane
  • pllatane
  • pltaane
  • pplatane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of platane - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpatane2paltane2plaatne2plataen2platanne1platnae2plattane1pllatane1
Edit distance from "platane"

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 "platane"?
"platane" is spelled P-L-A-T-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.tan\.
What does "platane" mean?
As a noun, "platane" means: Genre de platanacées, grands arbres dont l’écorce se fissure en écailles (rhytidomes) laissant apparaître le liège par zones, à grandes feuilles caduques alternes et lobées, et dont les fruits sont...
What words are commonly confused with "platane"?
"platane" is commonly confused with "plate", "plâtre", "Platon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "platane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "platane" is \pla.tan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "platane" come from?
"platane" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plaquée#43,069prepare#43,081pressez#43,082pantins#43,054

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ramassés10 variantsrasoirs10 variantsNeutron10 variantsmixture10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list