flapdragon
"flapdragon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flapdragon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flapdragon · flapdragon · English
flapdragon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flapdragon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flapdragon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flapdragon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
flapdragon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is flapdragon, spelled F-L-A-P-D-R-A-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
- 2Any of the raisins in this game.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flapdragon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From stabbing of armes, Flap-dragons[…]and all such swaggering Humors.
Thou art easier swallowed then a flapdragon.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.