plate

\plat\

/\plat\/ noun

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The verdict

“plate” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,787
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embarcation pour une à deux personnes, à fond plat et faible tirant d’eau, utilisée entre autres sur les rivières à faible étiage ou sur des marais, comme sur la Loire ou dans le Marais poitevin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plate · plate · French

plate · rank #3,787 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,787
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plastique

Nearest frequency peer: plastique (-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 « plate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « plate » 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).

plate vs pote
60% similar
plate vs pute
60% similar
plate vs play
60% similar

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

Key facts for plate
PropertyValue
Headwordplate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plat\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,787
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plate »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.platese 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 « plastique » (#3,786), « privées » (#3,788), « parlez » (#3,785). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plate » est au #3,787. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around plate (IPA \plat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,787 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for plate, with forms such as "lpate", "palte", and "plaet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pote", "pute", "play", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is plate, spelled P-L-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embarcation pour une à deux personnes, à fond plat et faible tirant d’eau, utilisée entre autres sur les rivières à faible étiage ou sur des marais, comme sur la Loire ou dans le Marais poitevin.
  2. 2
    Embarcation a fond plat utilisé sur le Rhône pour le lavage de la soie à l'eau clair.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. le 18, natation, plongeon, course de plates, course avec obstacles des berthons de sous-marins, match de football entre l’équipe de l’escadre et l’équipe du Havre.
  2. Les vagabondages en plate d’une rive à l’autre de la Loire, les baignades sur la grève […].

Synonyms

nioleau

This word in other languages

punt(English)Stocherkahn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpate
  • palte
  • plaet
  • platte
  • pllate
  • pltae
  • pplate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpate2palte2plaet2platte1pllate1pltae2pplate1
Edit distance from "plate"

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 "plate"?
"plate" is spelled P-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \plat\.
What does "plate" mean?
As a noun, "plate" means: Embarcation pour une à deux personnes, à fond plat et faible tirant d’eau, utilisée entre autres sur les rivières à faible étiage ou sur des marais, comme sur la Loire ou dans le Marais poitevin.
What words are commonly confused with "plate"?
"plate" is commonly confused with "pote", "pute", "play". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plate" is \plat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plate" come from?
"plate" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mario#3,776latin#3,771Kevin#3,769julie#3,767

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mettez7 variantssouffre7 variantsgamin7 variantsverte7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list