# Flemish

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈflɛmɪʃ/ · frequency rank #25,763

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
2. Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
3. Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.

## Etymology
From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders.

## Easily confused with
- **flesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flemish-vs-flesh)
- **fetish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fetish-vs-flemish)
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flemish)

## Common misspellings (11)
`felmish`, `fflemish`, `fleimsh`, `flemihs`, `flemishh`, `flemissh`, `flemmish`, `flemsih`, `fllemish`, `flmeish`, `lfemish`

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