flagrant
/ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/adjective
flagrant is spelled F-L-A-G-R-A-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, flagrant means “Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flagrant?
| Letters | 8: F-L-A-G-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is flagrant?
Flagrant appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce flagrant?
- US /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/
Flagrant has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flagrant.ogg, En-au-flagrant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flagrant?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flagrant from its last stressed vowel (/eɪɡɹənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of flagrant
- more flagrant comparative
- most flagrant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flagrant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
a flagrant, unforgivably outrageous disregard for human life
- 2
archaicOn fire; flaming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flagrant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense obvious and offensive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flagrant |
| German | offenkundig, krass, eklatant, unverhohlen |
| Portuguese | flagrante |
| Spanish | flagrante, sangrante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flagrant come from?
From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).