flan
[ˈflãn]
The verdict
“flan” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Postre preparado con yemas de huevo, leche y azúcar, aromatizado con vainilla o algún otro producto, y cocinado al baño maría con caramelo en la capa inferior.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flan” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flan is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,857 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Postre preparado con yemas de huevo, leche y azúcar, aromatizado con vainilla o algún otro producto, y cocinado al baño maría con caramelo en la capa inferior.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for flan, with forms such as "faln", "fflan", and "flann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fra", "fly", "flo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is flan, spelled F-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Postre preparado con yemas de huevo, leche y azúcar, aromatizado con vainilla o algún otro producto, y cocinado al baño maría con caramelo en la capa inferior.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: faln,fflan,flann,fllan,flna,lfan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “flan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈflãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fra” - see the side-by-side comparison. flan vs fra
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.