Flaubert
"flaubert" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Flaubert” is uncommon English (frequency #62,899 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,899
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flaubert · Flaubert · English
Flaubert · rank #62,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,899
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flatline
Nearest frequency peer: flatline (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Flaubert”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fisheye
fisheye
37,104 corpus weight
- flatline
flatline
37,103 corpus weight
- Flaubert
Flaubert
37,102 corpus weight
- flitting
flitting
37,101 corpus weight
- flycatcher
flycatcher
37,100 corpus weight
- FNaF
FNaF
37,099 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Flaubert” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flaubert |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Flaubert” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Flaubert is uncommon English at frequency #62,899 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from French.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Flaubert, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Flaubert, spelled F-L-A-U-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Flaubert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gustave Flaubert, a French author
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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