flamboyant
/flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/
"flamboyant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flamboyant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,793
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flamboyant · flamboyant · English
flamboyant · rank #26,793 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,793
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flak
Nearest frequency peer: flak (-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 “flamboyant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Fillers
Fillers
73,211 corpus weight
- Finley
Finley
73,210 corpus weight
- flak
flak
73,209 corpus weight
- flamboyant
flamboyant
73,208 corpus weight
- flamingo
flamingo
73,207 corpus weight
- flutter
flutter
73,206 corpus weight
What this shows “flamboyant” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flamboyant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “flamboyant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around flamboyant (IPA /flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,793 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for flamboyant, with forms such as "falmboyant", "fflamboyant", and "flabmoyant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery. The correct English form is flamboyant, spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- 2Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
- 3Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flamboyant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy. We simply find it hard to believe that they are not wax flowers grown under a glass case.
1920, Frederic Taber Cooper, The Craftsmanship of Writing, Chapter VI: The Question of Clearness, But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; […] .
Etymology
Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- falmboyant
- fflamboyant
- flabmoyant
- flambboyant
- flamboaynt
- flamboyannt
- flamboyantt
- flamboyatn
- flamboynat
- flamboyyant
- flambyoant
- flammboyant
- flamobyant
- fllamboyant
- flmaboyant
- lfamboyant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flamboyant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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