flick

[ˈflɪk]

/[ˈflɪk]/ noun

The verdict

“flick” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,758 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,758
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Movimiento brusco, rápido y ligero; capirotazo, coletazo, latigazo, sacudida.

Corpus desk

Index ES-flick · flick · Spanish

flick · rank #67,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,758
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH florezca

Nearest frequency peer: florezca (+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 “flick”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “flick” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flick
PropertyValue
Headwordflick
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflɪk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “flick” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.flickcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “florezca” (#67,759), “fleet” (#67,756), “filigrana” (#67,755). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “flick” va en #67,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flick is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,758 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flick, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 flick, spelled F-L-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Movimiento brusco, rápido y ligero; capirotazo, coletazo, latigazo, sacudida.
  2. 2
    Chasquido.
  3. 3
    Película, filme.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flick"?
"flick" is spelled F-L-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɪk].
What does "flick" mean?
As a noun, "flick" means: Movimiento brusco, rápido y ligero; capirotazo, coletazo, latigazo, sacudida.
How do you pronounce "flick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flick" is [ˈflɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flick" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flick", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list