platine

\pla.tin\

/\pla.tin\/ noun

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The verdict

“platine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,056
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce plate dans divers appareils ou instruments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-platine · platine · French

platine · rank #9,056 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,056
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaie

Nearest frequency peer: plaie (-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 « platine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « platine » 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).

platine vs Pline
57% similar
platine vs pleine
71% similar
platine vs plâtre
57% similar

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

Key facts for platine
PropertyValue
Headwordplatine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.tin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,056
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « platine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).platinese 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 « plaie » (#9,055), « pin » (#9,054), « Pokémon » (#9,058). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « platine » est au #9,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around platine (IPA \pla.tin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,056 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for platine, with forms such as "lpatine", "paltine", and "platien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pline", "pleine", "plâtre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 platine, spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce plate dans divers appareils ou instruments.
  2. 2
    Mécanisme qui, dans les armes à feu portatives, servait à mettre le feu à l’amorce.
  3. 3
    Chacune des deux plaques qui servent à soutenir toutes les pièces du mouvement d’une montre ou d’une pendule.
  4. 4
    Partie de la presse à bras qui s’abaisse sur la forme de composition.
  5. 5
    Plaque de fer qui est fixée à une porte devant la serrure, et qui est percée de manière à donner passage à la clef.
  6. 6
    Tourne-disque, ou par extension tout autre appareil destiné à la lecture de contenu multimédia.
  7. 7
    Facilité à parler d’abondance.
  8. 8
    Pièce plate équipée d'un manche qui se place dans une bride d'une tuyauterie pour empêcher l'écoulement de fluide.
  9. 9
    Marque un anniversaire de 70 ans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La platine d’un tourne-disque accueille le disque.
  2. La platine d’un fusil, d’un pistolet.

Synonyms

table de lecturequeue de poêle

This word in other languages

platter(English)tocadiscos(Español)Steinschloss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpatine
  • paltine
  • platien
  • platinne
  • platnie
  • plattine
  • pllatine
  • pltaine
  • pplatine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpatine2paltine2platien2platinne1platnie2plattine1pllatine1pltaine2
Edit distance from "platine"

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 "platine"?
"platine" is spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.tin\.
What does "platine" mean?
As a noun, "platine" means: Pièce plate dans divers appareils ou instruments.
What words are commonly confused with "platine"?
"platine" is commonly confused with "Pline", "pleine", "plâtre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "platine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "platine" is \pla.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "platine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Pokémon#9,058Russell#9,070réunies#9,072Kennedy#9,032

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

percer9 variantspriver9 variantsoscars9 variantsmodéré9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list