flamenco

/fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/

//fləˈmɛŋkəʊ// noun

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"flamenco" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“flamenco” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,560
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

Corpus desk

Index EN-flamenco · flamenco · English

flamenco · rank #31,560 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,560
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fitzroy

Nearest frequency peer: Fitzroy (-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 “flamenco”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “flamenco” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flamenco vs flamingo
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flamenco
PropertyValue
Headwordflamenco
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,560
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “flamenco”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).flamencolands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Fitzroy” (#31,559), “flustered” (#31,562), “Felton” (#31,556). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “flamenco” is #31,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around flamenco (IPA /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,560 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for flamenco, with forms such as "falmenco", "fflamenco", and "flaemnco". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "flamingo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming). The correct English form is flamenco, spelled F-L-A-M-E-N-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
  2. 2
    A song or dance performed in such a style.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flamenco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
  2. Among the dancers, who joined in periodically, the outlier wasn’t the Spanish flamenco dancer, Jesús Carmona (in town for the Flamenco Festival at City Center), so much as the New York salsero, Eddie Torres Jr.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming).

This word in other languages

flamenco(Español)flamenco(Français)Flamenco(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falmenco
  • fflamenco
  • flaemnco
  • flamecno
  • flamencco
  • flamennco
  • flamenoc
  • flammenco
  • flamneco
  • fllamenco
  • flmaenco
  • lfamenco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flamenco - 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.

falmenco2fflamenco1flaemnco2flamecno2flamencco1flamennco1flamenoc2flammenco1
Edit distance from "flamenco"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flamenco"?
"flamenco" is spelled F-L-A-M-E-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/.
What does "flamenco" mean?
As a noun, "flamenco" means: A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
What words are commonly confused with "flamenco"?
"flamenco" is commonly confused with "flamingo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flamenco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flamenco" is /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "flamenco"?
Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flamenco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

facelift#31,550expertly#31,549Evanston#31,544entailed#31,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

galloping12 variantsendpoint12 variantsgrueling12 variantsHarbaugh12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list