plateau

/pla.ˈto/

//pla.ˈto// noun

The verdict

“plateau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,024 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,024
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - platô

Corpus desk

Index PT-plateau · plateau · Portuguese

plateau · rank #75,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,024
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH portada

Nearest frequency peer: portada (+9 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “plateau”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “plateau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plateau
PropertyValue
Headwordplateau
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pla.ˈto/
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “plateau” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.plateaucai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “portada” (#75,033), “pessimamente” (#75,014), “postiço” (#75,037). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “plateau” fica em #75,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plateau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,024 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pla.ˈto/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "platô".

No misspelling variants are generated for plateau in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is plateau, spelled P-L-A-T-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    platô

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plateau"?
"plateau" is spelled P-L-A-T-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is /pla.ˈto/.
What does "plateau" mean?
As a noun, "plateau" means: platô
How do you pronounce "plateau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plateau" is /pla.ˈto/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plateau" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list