# flak

> English word · Noun · IPA /flæk/ · frequency rank #26,792

## Definitions
1. Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
2. Anti-aircraft shell fire.
3. Adverse criticism.
4. A public-relations spokesperson.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).

## Easily confused with
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fly)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flu)
- **Flo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flo)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fsa)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fra)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fta)
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fuck)
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flat)
- **flow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flow)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-folk)
- **flip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flip)
- **flew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flew)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fled)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-fork)
- **flee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flee)
- **foam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-foam)
- **flex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flex)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-funk)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flaw)
- **flux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flux)

## Common misspellings (5)
`fflak`, `flakk`, `flka`, `fllak`, `lfak`

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