# Flagg

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,336

## Definitions
1. A village in Derbyshire, England.
2. A surname.

## Etymology
Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

## Easily confused with
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flat)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flaw)
- **flap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flap)
- **flak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flak)
- **flax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flax)
- **flog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flog)
- **flash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flash)
- **flags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flags)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flame)
- **flank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flank)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flare)
- **flair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flair)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-fling)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flung)
- **flake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flake)
- **flaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flaps)
- **flask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flask)
- **flaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flaky)
- **flail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flail)
- **flange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagg-vs-flange)

## Common misspellings (5)
`falgg`, `fflagg`, `flgag`, `fllagg`, `lfagg`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flagg