flinty
/ˈflɪnti/adjective
flinty is spelled F-L-I-N-T-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, flinty means “Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flinty?
| Letters | 6: F-L-I-N-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is flinty?
Flinty appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce flinty?
- /ˈflɪnti/
Flinty has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flinty.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-flinty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flinty
- flintier comparative
- more flinty comparative
- flintiest superlative
- most flinty superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flinty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
- 2
Siliceous (including basanite).
flinty rock
- 3
Showing a lack of emotion.
- 4
Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flinty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | feuersteinartig, feuersteinhaltig , Feuerstein-, Kiesel- , hartherzig, hart |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flinty come from?
From flint + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).