platô

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,020

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

platô is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração Often confused with play and puto.

Key facts for platô
PropertyValue
Headwordplatô
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,020
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of platô in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for platô is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #45,020 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for platô, with forms such as "lpatô", "paltô", and "plattô". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "play", "puto", "ponto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is platô, spelled P-L-A-T-Ô, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração
  2. 2
    terreno elevado e plano com pequenas elevações; planalto
  3. 3
    local dentro de uma edificação que é utilizado para se realizar gravação audiovisual

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpatô,paltô,plattô,plaôt,pllatô,pltaô,pplatô

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for platô

Misspelling Variants of "platô"

lpatô5paltô5plattô6plaôt5pllatô6pltaô5pplatô6
Misspelling Variants of "platô"

Frequency rank: #45,020 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "platô"?
"platô" is spelled P-L-A-T-Ô.
What does "platô" mean?
As a noun, "platô" means: o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração
What words are commonly confused with "platô"?
"platô" is commonly confused with "play", "puto", "ponto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "platô" come from?
"platô" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.