flanger
/ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/noun
flanger is a noun meaning “An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-N-G-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flanger is flangers.
What does flanger mean?
noun
- 1
An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
- 2
USA mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flanger?
- UK /ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/
Flanger has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flanger
- flangers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flanger?
Flanger appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flanger come from?
From flange + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).