flabagast
"flabagast" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flabagast” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Archaic spelling of flabbergast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flabagast · flabagast · English
flabagast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | flabagast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flabagast” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flabagast is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic spelling of flabbergast.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flabagast in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is flabagast, spelled F-L-A-B-A-G-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Archaic spelling of flabbergast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flabagast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They flabagast good manners and good morals, and only show that one of the parties is vex'd and disappinted.^([sic])
For I had talent: the promise and the drive to acquire advanced knowledge and skill to enundate or flabagast my superiors and excell in my profession.
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.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.