flaxen
/ˈflæk.sən/
"flaxen" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flaxen” is uncommon English (frequency #99,266 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,266
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made of or resembling flax fibers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flaxen · flaxen · English
flaxen · rank #99,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,266
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fleabag
Nearest frequency peer: fleabag (+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 “flaxen”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fetty
fetty
742 corpus weight
- Fiel
Fiel
740 corpus weight
- flaxen
flaxen
735 corpus weight
- fleabag
fleabag
734 corpus weight
- fleshly
fleshly
733 corpus weight
- flyway
flyway
729 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flaxen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flaxen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈflæk.sən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flaxen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flaxen is uncommon English at frequency #99,266 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈflæk.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
flaxen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen. The correct English form is flaxen, spelled F-L-A-X-E-N.
Definition
- 1Made of or resembling flax fibers.
- 2A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flaxen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
Etymology
From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.
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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