flavoured

adj

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

The verdict

“flavoured” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,463
frequency rank, English
18,613
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

flavoured vs flavour
78% similar
flavoured vs favoured
89% similar
flavoured vs flavored
89% similar

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

Key facts for flavoured
PropertyValue
Headwordflavoured
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,463
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “flavoured” 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). flavoured lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around flavoured, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,463 among 18,613 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for flavoured, with forms such as "falvoured", "fflavoured", and "flaovured". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "flavour", "favoured", "flavored", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is flavoured, spelled F-L-A-V-O-U-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falvoured
  • fflavoured
  • flaovured
  • flavorued
  • flavouerd
  • flavourde
  • flavouredd
  • flavourred
  • flavuored
  • flavvoured
  • fllavoured
  • flvaoured
  • lfavoured

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flavoured - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

falvoured2fflavoured1flaovured2flavorued2flavouerd2flavourde2flavouredd1flavourred1
Edit distance from "flavoured"

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 "flavoured"?
"flavoured" is spelled F-L-A-V-O-U-R-E-D.
What does "flavoured" mean?
As an adjective, "flavoured" means: Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
What words are commonly confused with "flavoured"?
"flavoured" is commonly confused with "flavour", "favoured", "flavored". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "flavoured" come from?
"flavoured" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “flavoured”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is F-L-A-V-O-U-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “flavour” - see the side-by-side comparison. flavoured vs flavour
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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