# Flickr

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,825

## Definitions
1. An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.

## Etymology
From flicker, suggested by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

## Easily confused with
- **flock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flickr-vs-flock)
- **frick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flickr-vs-frick)
- **flier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flickr-vs-flier)
- **flicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flickr-vs-flicks)
- **flocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flickr-vs-flocks)
- **flick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flick-vs-flickr)
- **flack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flack-vs-flickr)
- **fleck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flickr)
- **flicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flicker-vs-flickr)
- **flicked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flicked-vs-flickr)

## Common misspellings (10)
`fflickr`, `filckr`, `flcikr`, `flicckr`, `flickkr`, `flickrr`, `flicrk`, `flikcr`, `fllickr`, `lfickr`

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