# flatbed

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflætˌbɛd/ · frequency rank #45,374

## Definitions
1. An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
2. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
3. Clipping of flatbed trolley.
4. A document scanner with a flat bed.

## Etymology
From flat + bed.

## Easily confused with
- **flawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-flawed)
- **fluted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-fluted)
- **floated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-floated)
- **flatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-flatter)
- **flatten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-flatten)
- **flathead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flatbed-vs-flathead)
- **fated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fated-vs-flatbed)
- **flared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flared-vs-flatbed)
- **flamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flamed-vs-flatbed)
- **flaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaked-vs-flatbed)
- **flashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flashed-vs-flatbed)
- **flagged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagged-vs-flatbed)
- **flanked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flanked-vs-flatbed)

## Common misspellings (11)
`faltbed`, `fflatbed`, `flabted`, `flatbbed`, `flatbde`, `flatbedd`, `flatebd`, `flattbed`, `fllatbed`, `fltabed`, `lfatbed`

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