flairer

\fle.ʁe\

/\fle.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“flairer” is uncommon French (frequency #69,090 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,090
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chercher à découvrir par l’odeur, en parlant du chien et de certains animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flairer · flairer · French

flairer · rank #69,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,090
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH firm

Nearest frequency peer: firm (-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 « flairer »

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 « flairer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flairer
PropertyValue
Headwordflairer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fle.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,090
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « flairer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flairertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « firm » (#69,089), « fim » (#69,088), « flanquer » (#69,092). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flairer » est au #69,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flairer is uncommon French at frequency #69,090 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fle.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

flairer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is flairer, spelled F-L-A-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chercher à découvrir par l’odeur, en parlant du chien et de certains animaux.
  2. 2
    Reconnaître par l’odeur.
  3. 3
    Percevoir fortement et agréablement par l’odorat.
  4. 4
    Répandre une odeur ; fleurer.
  5. 5
    Pressentir ; prévoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il flaira longtemps le sentier avant de retrouver son maître.
  2. Le chat flaire partout dans la cuisine.

This word in other languages

sniff(English)oler(Español)riechen(Deutsch)cheirar(Português)

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 "flairer"?
"flairer" is spelled F-L-A-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fle.ʁe\.
What does "flairer" mean?
As a verb, "flairer" means: Chercher à découvrir par l’odeur, en parlant du chien et de certains animaux.
How do you pronounce "flairer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flairer" is \fle.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flairer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fifille#69,086Fenwick#69,084fléchit#69,098faciaux#69,072

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list