# flakes

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfleɪks/ · frequency rank #17,615

## Definitions
1. plural of flake

## Easily confused with
- **flies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flies)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flame)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flare)
- **flaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flaps)
- **fluke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-fluke)
- **flees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flees)
- **flaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flaky)
- **flames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flames)
- **frames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-frames)
- **flawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flawed)
- **flares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flares)
- **Flores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flores)
- **flared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flared)
- **flutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flutes)
- **flasks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flasks)
- **flamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flamed)
- **flanked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flanked)
- **flanker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flanker)
- **fake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fake-vs-flakes)
- **flak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flak-vs-flakes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`falkes`, `fflakes`, `flaeks`, `flakess`, `flakkes`, `flakse`, `flkaes`, `fllakes`, `lfakes`

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