flashlight
flash·light/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/noun, verb
flashlight is spelled F-L-A-S-H-L-I-G-H-T: 10 letters and 2 syllables (flash·light). It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flashlight means “A battery-powered hand-held light source” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flashlight is flashlights.
How many letters and syllables are in flashlight?
| Letters | 10: F-L-A-S-H-L-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: flash·light |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is flashlight?
Flashlight appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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).
How do you pronounce flashlight?
- US /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/
- US [ˈflæʃˌlaɪ̯t]
- [ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t]
Flashlight has 2 syllables, split flash·light in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flashlight.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flashlight
- flashlights plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flashlighting participle, present
- flashlit participle, past
- flashlighted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flashlight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA battery-powered hand-held light source.
I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.
- 2
A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
- 3
obsoleteA photograph taken with a flash camera.
verb
- 1
To illuminate with a flashlight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flashlight in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense battery-powered hand-held light source:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lampe de poche, lampe torche |
| German | Taschenlampe |
| Portuguese | lanterna |
| Spanish | linterna, foco, lámpara, flashlight |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flashlight come from?
From flash + light.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).