platonicien

\pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\

/\pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“platonicien” is uncommon French (frequency #77,793 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,793
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui suit la philosophie de Platon, qui a rapport à la philosophie de Platon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-platonicien · platonicien · French

platonicien · rank #77,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,793
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planner

Nearest frequency peer: planner (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « platonicien »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « platonicien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for platonicien
PropertyValue
Headwordplatonicien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,793
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « platonicien » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).platonicientombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « planner » (#77,792), « plinthes » (#77,794), « planchon » (#77,791). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « platonicien » est au #77,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

platonicien is uncommon French at frequency #77,793 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for platonicien in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is platonicien, spelled P-L-A-T-O-N-I-C-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui suit la philosophie de Platon, qui a rapport à la philosophie de Platon.
  2. 2
    Qualifie chacun des 5 polyèdres réguliers dont les faces sont des polygones réguliers de même nature.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Platonicien par état, j’allais du savoir à son objet ; je trouvais à l’idée plus de réalité qu’à la chose, parce qu’elle se donnait à moi d’abord et parce qu’elle se donnait comme une chose.
  2. Ce qu’on peut dire de tels ou tels mots et expressions : ce n’est pas platonicien, xénophonien, cela a d’ordinaire sa raison d’être dans le domaine linguistique plus que dans l’originalité.

Synonyms

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 "platonicien"?
"platonicien" is spelled P-L-A-T-O-N-I-C-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\.
What does "platonicien" mean?
As an adjective, "platonicien" means: Qui suit la philosophie de Platon, qui a rapport à la philosophie de Platon.
How do you pronounce "platonicien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "platonicien" is \pla.tɔ.ni.sjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list