flagornerie
\fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁi\
The verdict
“flagornerie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Flatterie grossière.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flagornerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flagornerie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flagornerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
flagornerie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is flagornerie, spelled F-L-A-G-O-R-N-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Flatterie grossière.
- 2Flatterie servile.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “flagornerie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-A-G-O-R-N-E-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.