flagship
\flaɡ.ʃip\
The verdict
“flagship” is uncommon French (frequency #72,333 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,333
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Magasin phare, navire amiral, fleuron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flagship · flagship · French
flagship · rank #72,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,333
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Finlay
Nearest frequency peer: Finlay (-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 « flagship »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- faster
faster
27,674 corpus weight
- FFE
FFE
27,671 corpus weight
- filiforme
filiforme
27,670 corpus weight
- Finlay
Finlay
27,669 corpus weight
- flagship
flagship
27,668 corpus weight
- floating
floating
27,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « flagship » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flagship |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flaɡ.ʃip\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flagship » en français
Rare enough to double-check
flagship is uncommon French at frequency #72,333 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \flaɡ.ʃip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Magasin phare, navire amiral, fleuron.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flagship, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is flagship, spelled F-L-A-G-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Magasin phare, navire amiral, fleuron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flagship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce 25 septembre, la créatrice britannique ouvre les portes de sa première boutique, un flagship situé dans le quartier londonien du West End.
Le flagship de la marque ouvrira fin septembre rue Saint Honoré comme point d’orgue du développement de son réseau de boutiques.
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 "flagship"?
What does "flagship" mean?
How do you pronounce "flagship"?
What language does "flagship" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flagship", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).