flancos

/[ˈflãŋkos]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,379

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

flancos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de flanco. Pronounced [ˈflãŋkos]. Often confused with franco and flecos.

Key facts for flancos
PropertyValue
Headwordflancos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflãŋkos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,379
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flancos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for flancos is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflãŋkos]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,379 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de flanco.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for flancos, with forms such as "falncos", "fflancos", and "flacnos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "franco", "flecos", "francés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is flancos, spelled F-L-A-N-C-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de flanco.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falncos,fflancos,flacnos,flanccos,flancoss,flancso,flanncos,flanocs,fllancos,flnacos,lfancos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flancos

Misspelling Variants of "flancos"

falncos7fflancos8flacnos7flanccos8flancoss8flancso7flanncos8flanocs7
Misspelling Variants of "flancos"

Frequency rank: #28,379 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flancos"?
"flancos" is spelled F-L-A-N-C-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflãŋkos].
What does "flancos" mean?
As a noun, "flancos" means: Forma del plural de flanco.
What words are commonly confused with "flancos"?
"flancos" is commonly confused with "franco", "flecos", "francés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flancos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flancos" is [ˈflãŋkos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flancos" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.