tomber à plat
\tɔ̃.be.ʁ‿a pla\
The verdict
“tomber à plat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas avoir l’effet attendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomber-a-plat · tomber à plat · French
tomber à plat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomber à plat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.be.ʁ‿a pla\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tomber à plat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tomber à plat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃.be.ʁ‿a pla\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas avoir l’effet attendu.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tomber à plat in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tomber à plat, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -À- -P-L-A-T.
Definition
- 1Ne pas avoir l’effet attendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tomber à plat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Rois en exil furent reçus au Vaudeville, joués par Dieudonné et Maria Legault dans la perfection… et tombèrent à plat.
Quelques années plus tard, Le Paradis du Cœur servit de trame à une œuvre musicale d’Egon, laquelle tomba d’ailleurs à plat, l’heure de la musique atonale n’ayant pas encore sonné.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.