flat

Where “flat” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   Having no variations in height.
2. 2
   Having no variations in height.
3. 3
   Having no variations in height.
4. 4
   Having no variations in height.
5. 5
   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
6. 6
   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
7. 7
   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
8. 8
   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
9. 9
   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
10. 10
    Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
11. 11
    Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
12. 12
    Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
13. 13
    Lowered by one semitone.
14. 14
    Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
15. 15
    Absolute; downright; peremptory.
16. 16
    Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
17. 17
    With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
18. 18
    Lacking acidity without being sweet.
19. 19
    Unable to emit power; dead.
20. 20
    Without spin; spinless.
21. 21
    Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
22. 22
    Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
23. 23
    Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
24. 24
    Flattening at the ends.
25. 25
    Exact.
26. 26
    Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
27. 27
    Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
28. 28
    Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
29. 29
    Having little froth and little milk.
30. 30
    Foolish; simple-minded.

Etymology

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falt,fflat,flatt,fllat,flta,lfat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

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