tarte flambée
"tarte-flambee" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tarte flambée” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread base covered with crème fraîche, usually topped with onion and bacon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarte flambée |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tarte flambée” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tarte flambée is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread base covered with crème fraîche, usually topped with onion and bacon.".
tarte flambée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French tarte flambée. The correct English form is tarte flambée, spelled T-A-R-T-E- -F-L-A-M-B-É-E.
Definition
- 1A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread base covered with crème fraîche, usually topped with onion and bacon.
Etymology
Borrowed from French tarte flambée.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tarte flambée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-R-T-E- -F-L-A-M-B-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.