flageller

\fla.ʒe.le\

/\fla.ʒe.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“flageller” is uncommon French (frequency #79,318 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,318
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soumettre au supplice du fouet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flageller · flageller · French

flageller · rank #79,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,318
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fiqh

Nearest frequency peer: fiqh (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « flageller »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « flageller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flageller
PropertyValue
Headwordflageller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fla.ʒe.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « flageller » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.flagellertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fiqh » (#79,317), « flagrance » (#79,319), « fili » (#79,316). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flageller » est au #79,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flageller is uncommon French at frequency #79,318 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fla.ʒe.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for flageller in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is flageller, spelled F-L-A-G-E-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soumettre au supplice du fouet.
  2. 2
    Critiquer cruellement en discours ou par écrit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flageller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On vit des fanatiques se flageller publiquement.
  2. Se flageller se fouetter par esprit de mortification.

Synonyms

fouetterflaeller

This word in other languages

whip(English)azotar(Español)geißeln(Deutsch)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flageller"?
"flageller" is spelled F-L-A-G-E-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fla.ʒe.le\.
What does "flageller" mean?
As a verb, "flageller" means: Soumettre au supplice du fouet.
How do you pronounce "flageller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flageller" is \fla.ʒe.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flagrance#79,319forniquer#79,326Fergusson#79,309fragmente#79,330

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list