flaunting

adj

"flaunting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“flaunting” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #38,398 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#38,398
frequency rank, English
9
letters
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That flaunts; showy or gaudy.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flaunting vs fainting
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flaunting
PropertyValue
Headwordflaunting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,398
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “flaunting” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). flaunting lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for flaunting is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #38,398 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "That flaunts; showy or gaudy.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for flaunting, with forms such as "falunting", "fflaunting", and "flanuting". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fainting", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is flaunting, spelled F-L-A-U-N-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    That flaunts; showy or gaudy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falunting,fflaunting,flanuting,flaunitng,flaunnting,flauntign,flauntingg,flauntinng,flauntnig,flauntting,flautning,fllaunting,fluanting,lfaunting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flaunting - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

falunting2fflaunting1flanuting2flaunitng2flaunnting1flauntign2flauntingg1flauntinng1
Edit distance from "flaunting"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flaunting"?
"flaunting" is spelled F-L-A-U-N-T-I-N-G.
What does "flaunting" mean?
As an adjective, "flaunting" means: That flaunts; showy or gaudy.
What words are commonly confused with "flaunting"?
"flaunting" is commonly confused with "fainting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "flaunting" come from?
"flaunting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “flaunting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-L-A-U-N-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “fainting” - see the side-by-side comparison. flaunting vs fainting
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list