flix
/flɪks/
"flix" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flix” is uncommon English (frequency #88,346 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,346
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flix · flix · English
flix · rank #88,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,346
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fluoridated
Nearest frequency peer: fluoridated (+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 “flix”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- flails
flails
11,659 corpus weight
- flashcard
flashcard
11,657 corpus weight
- flix
flix
11,655 corpus weight
- fluoridated
fluoridated
11,654 corpus weight
- formate
formate
11,651 corpus weight
- fourty
fourty
11,649 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flix” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flix |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /flɪks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flix” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flix is uncommon English at frequency #88,346 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /flɪks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.".
No misspelling variants are generated for flix in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare flax. The correct English form is flix, spelled F-L-I-X.
Definition
- 1The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
sleek of flix, and brown like deer, Fearful and shepherdless, they bound along The sands[…]
Etymology
Compare flax.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).