The word "plete" is spelled with the letters P-L-E-T-E, and is pronounced /pliːt/. The IPA phonetic transcription represents the sounds of the word where /p/ stands for the voiceless bilabial stop, /l/ for the voiced alveolar lateral approximant, /i/ for the near-close front unrounded vowel, /t/ for the voiceless alveolar stop and /e/ for the close-mid front unrounded vowel. The word is primarily used as a verb, meaning to fill or complete something, and can also be used as an adjective to describe something that is complete or fully formed.