# flaunt

> English word · Verb · IPA /flɔːnt/ · frequency rank #31,987

## Definitions
1. To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
2. To parade, display with ostentation.
3. To show off, as with flashy clothing.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **flint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaunt-vs-flint)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaunt-vs-flung)
- **fluent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaunt-vs-fluent)
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flat-vs-flaunt)
- **fault** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fault-vs-flaunt)
- **faint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faint-vs-flaunt)
- **flank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flank-vs-flaunt)
- **fauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-flaunt)
- **Faust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-flaunt)

## Common misspellings (9)
`falunt`, `fflaunt`, `flanut`, `flaunnt`, `flauntt`, `flautn`, `fllaunt`, `fluant`, `lfaunt`

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