flanquean
[flãŋˈkeãn]
The verdict
“flanquean” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,391 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,391
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de flanquear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-flanquean · flanquean · Spanish
flanquean · rank #97,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,391
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH flatulencias
Nearest frequency peer: flatulencias (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “flanquean”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- filosas
filosas
2,613 corpus weight
- Fins
Fins
2,612 corpus weight
- flanquean
flanquean
2,610 corpus weight
- flatulencias
flatulencias
2,609 corpus weight
- fluctuando
fluctuando
2,608 corpus weight
- fluirá
fluirá
2,607 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “flanquean” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flanquean |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [flãŋˈkeãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “flanquean” en español
Rare enough to double-check
flanquean is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,391 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [flãŋˈkeãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de flanquear.".
flanquean has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is flanquean, spelled F-L-A-N-Q-U-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de flanquear.
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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