flair
/flɛə̯/
"flair" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flair” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,123
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flair · flair · English
flair · rank #14,123 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,123
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fireplace
Nearest frequency peer: fireplace (-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 “flair”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ethic
ethic
85,882 corpus weight
- expire
expire
85,880 corpus weight
- fireplace
fireplace
85,879 corpus weight
- flair
flair
85,878 corpus weight
- fugitive
fugitive
85,876 corpus weight
- GPA
GPA
85,875 corpus weight
What this shows “flair” 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 | flair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /flɛə̯/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “flair”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around flair (IPA /flɛə̯/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,123 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flair, with forms such as "falir", "fflair", and "flairr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "flat", "flip", "flaw", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant. The correct English form is flair, spelled F-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
- 2Distinctive style or elegance.
- 3Smell; odor.
- 4Olfaction; sense of smell.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to have a flair for art
Poirot was an extraordinary looking little man. [...] The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police. As a detective,…
Etymology
From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- falir
- fflair
- flairr
- flari
- fliar
- fllair
- lfair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flair - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).