flanco
[ˈflãŋko]
The verdict
“flanco” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,116 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,116
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada una de las dos partes laterales de un cuerpo considerándolo de frente.
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 | flanco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflãŋko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flanco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flanco is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflãŋko]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,116 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flanco, with forms such as "falnco", "fflanco", and "flacno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "franco", "France", "Franca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is flanco, spelled F-L-A-N-C-O.
Definition
- 1Cada una de las dos partes laterales de un cuerpo considerándolo de frente.
- 2Costado, lado de un buque o de un cuerpo de tropa (como de navío, batallón, escuadrón, etc.).
- 3Parte del baluarte que hace ángulo entrante con la cortina, y saliente con el frente.
- 4Cada uno de los dos muros que unen al recinto fortificado las caras de un baluarte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: falnco,fflanco,flacno,flancco,flannco,flanoc,fllanco,flnaco,lfanco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flanco - 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 “flanco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-A-N-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈflãŋko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “franco” - see the side-by-side comparison. flanco vs franco
- 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.