flagstaff
/ˈflæɡstæf/
"flagstaff" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flagstaff” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,807
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pole on which a flag is raised.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flagstaff · flagstaff · English
flagstaff · rank #32,807 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,807
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH ferocity
Nearest frequency peer: ferocity (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “flagstaff”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fanfic
fanfic
67,197 corpus weight
- ferocity
ferocity
67,195 corpus weight
- flagstaff
flagstaff
67,194 corpus weight
- fluidity
fluidity
67,193 corpus weight
- follies
follies
67,192 corpus weight
- fortify
fortify
67,191 corpus weight
What this shows “flagstaff” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flagstaff |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflæɡstæf/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “flagstaff”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around flagstaff (IPA /ˈflæɡstæf/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,807 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A pole on which a flag is raised.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for flagstaff, with forms such as "falgstaff", "fflagstaff", and "flaggstaff". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Falstaff", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flag + staff. The correct English form is flagstaff, spelled F-L-A-G-S-T-A-F-F.
Definition
- 1A pole on which a flag is raised.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flagstaff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.
1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and,…
Etymology
From flag + staff.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- falgstaff
- fflagstaff
- flaggstaff
- flagsatff
- flagsstaff
- flagstaf
- flagstfaf
- flagsttaff
- flagtsaff
- flasgtaff
- flgastaff
- fllagstaff
- lfagstaff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flagstaff - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flagstaff", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).