Platz

\plat͡s\

/\plat͡s\/ noun

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The verdict

“Platz” is uncommon French (frequency #73,441 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,441
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Place : espace, lieu d’activités, de loisirs, d’événements ou de réunions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-platz · Platz · French

Platz · rank #73,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,441
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pinky

Nearest frequency peer: pinky (-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 « Platz »

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 « Platz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Platz
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlatz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plat͡s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Platz » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Platztombe 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: « pinky » (#73,440), « Plaute » (#73,442), « pilons » (#73,439). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Platz » est au #73,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Platz is uncommon French at frequency #73,441 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plat͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Platz has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Platz, spelled P-L-A-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Place : espace, lieu d’activités, de loisirs, d’événements ou de réunions.
  2. 2
    Place : Endroit, espace disponible, concret ou abstrait.
  3. 3
    Place : endroit, position définie (vs définition précédente), qui peut être disponible ou non.
  4. 4
    Place : siège dans le transport public.
  5. 5
    Place : position dans un classement.
  6. 6
    Place, position, situation, occupée par une personne.
  7. 7
    Pâte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die ganze Stadt versammelt sich an diesem Tag auf dem Dserschinski-Platz, von dem jeder Charkower weiß, dass er von deutschen Kriegsgefangenen gepflastert wurde und der größte Platz Europas sowie der zweitgrößte der Welt hinter dem von Tiananmen ist.
  2. "Bei Hinrichtungen auf öffentlichen Plätzen wird dauernd die Sicht versperrt und die hinteren Reihen bekommen gar nichts mit", so der Sprecher. "Wenn wir hingegen am Mittelkreis enthaupten, sieht das jeder bis ganz oben unters Stadiondach. Und es gibt ja auch noch die riesigen Monitore für Zeitlupen."

Synonyms

PlazaForumFeldFlächeForumRaumFlächeFleckFleckenForumOrtÖrtlichkeitPunktSitzStelleStandortWinkelSitzplatzPositionRangStandStelleStellung

Antonyms

EngePlatzmangelRaumnotAbsetzungAbstiegDegradierungPensionierungRücktrittVerbannungVerdrängung

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 "Platz"?
"Platz" is spelled P-L-A-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \plat͡s\.
What does "Platz" mean?
As a noun, "Platz" means: Place : espace, lieu d’activités, de loisirs, d’événements ou de réunions.
How do you pronounce "Platz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Platz" is \plat͡s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Platz" come from?
"Platz" 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 "Platz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pinky#73,440Pools#73,448prods#73,458Orlov#73,405

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list