flagrant

\fla.ɡʁɑ̃\

/\fla.ɡʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“flagrant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,573
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très visible, très évident.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flagrant · flagrant · French

flagrant · rank #12,573 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,573
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fixées

Nearest frequency peer: fixées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « flagrant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « flagrant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flagrant vs flambant
75% similar
flagrant vs flagrante
89% similar
flagrant vs flagrantes
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flagrant
PropertyValue
Headwordflagrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fla.ɡʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,573
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flagrant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flagrantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fixées » (#12,572), « flamand » (#12,574), « filtres » (#12,571). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flagrant » est au #12,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around flagrant (IPA \fla.ɡʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,573 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for flagrant, with forms such as "falgrant", "fflagrant", and "flagarnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "flambant", "flagrante", "flagrantes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is flagrant, spelled F-L-A-G-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est très visible, très évident.
  2. 2
    Qui est tellement évident qu’on ne peut le nier, en parlant notamment d’une faute, d’un crime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un tableau de moi, peint selon ma propre perspective, a de grandes chances de laisser dans l’ombre certains détails qui, pour les autres, doivent être les plus flagrants.
  2. « C’est un exemple flagrant de pourquoi une saine démondialisation, comme le propose le Parti québécois, est absolument nécessaire.

Synonyms

indéniablemanifeste

This word in other languages

flagrant(English)offenkundig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falgrant
  • fflagrant
  • flagarnt
  • flaggrant
  • flagrannt
  • flagrantt
  • flagratn
  • flagrnat
  • flagrrant
  • flargant
  • flgarant
  • fllagrant
  • lfagrant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flagrant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

falgrant2fflagrant1flagarnt2flaggrant1flagrannt1flagrantt1flagratn2flagrnat2
Edit distance from "flagrant"

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 "flagrant"?
"flagrant" is spelled F-L-A-G-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fla.ɡʁɑ̃\.
What does "flagrant" mean?
As an adjective, "flagrant" means: Qui est très visible, très évident.
What words are commonly confused with "flagrant"?
"flagrant" is commonly confused with "flambant", "flagrante", "flagrantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flagrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flagrant" is \fla.ɡʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flagrant" come from?
"flagrant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fermiers#12,570fasciste#12,568frappant#12,580estimant#12,565

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

envisagée13 variantshumaniste13 variantsdécevant13 variantsdemeurant13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list