# flaps

> English word · Noun · IPA /flæps/ · frequency rank #22,378

## Definitions
1. A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.

## Etymology
From flap + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flat)
- **flip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flip)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flaw)
- **flop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flop)
- **flax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flax)
- **flash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flash)
- **flows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flows)
- **flies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flies)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flare)
- **FLOPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flops)
- **flips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flips)
- **flask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flask)
- **floss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-floss)
- **fleas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-fleas)
- **flees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flees)
- **Frans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-frans)
- **flares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flares)
- **flasks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaps-vs-flasks)
- **FLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fla-vs-flaps)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fas-vs-flaps)

## Common misspellings (8)
`falps`, `fflaps`, `flapps`, `flapss`, `flasp`, `fllaps`, `flpas`, `lfaps`

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