flaunt
/flɑnt/verb
flaunt is spelled F-L-A-U-N-T: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, flaunt means “To parade, display with ostentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flaunt?
| Letters | 6: F-L-A-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is flaunt?
Flaunt appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 flaunt?
- UK /flɔːnt/
- Australia /flɔnt/
- US /flɑnt/
Flaunt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flaunt.ogg, En-au-flaunt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flaunt?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flaunt from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of flaunt
- flaunts present, singular, he/she/it
- flaunting participle, present
- flaunted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flaunt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
- 2
To parade, display with ostentation.
Near-synonym: vaunt
- 3
archaicTo show off, as with flashy clothing.
- 4
proscribedTo flout.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAnything displayed for show.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flaunt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kühn wehen, stolz wehen , (etwas) zur Schau stellen, herumstolzieren, stolzieren, paradieren |
| French | étaler, exhiber, parader |
| Portuguese | ostentar |
| Spanish | lucir, presumir, ostentar, tremolar, alardear de |
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 flaunt come from?
Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”). Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).