flambé
\flɑ̃.be\
The verdict
“flambé” is uncommon French (frequency #53,349 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,349
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enflammé à l’aide d’alcool ou d’un spiritueux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flambe · flambé · French
flambé · rank #53,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,349
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Firenze
Nearest frequency peer: Firenze (-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 « flambé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fallen
fallen
46,655 corpus weight
- fastueux
fastueux
46,654 corpus weight
- Firenze
Firenze
46,653 corpus weight
- flambé
flambé
46,652 corpus weight
- FLNC
FLNC
46,651 corpus weight
- focalisant
focalisant
46,649 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « flambé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flambé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \flɑ̃.be\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flambé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
flambé is uncommon French at frequency #53,349 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \flɑ̃.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
flambé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is flambé, spelled F-L-A-M-B-É.
Definition
- 1Enflammé à l’aide d’alcool ou d’un spiritueux.
- 2Qui est ruiné ou perdu ; dont il n’y a plus rien à attendre.
- 3Qualifie un tissu chiné par la chaîne.
- 4Qualifie un navire, à qui l’amiral signalait par un pavillon que sa manœuvre était mal exécutée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flambé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce n’est pas boire, je suppose, que goûter à ces pêches flambées.
[…] je sais ce que c'est... j'ai eu un coup de sang... j'en aurai un second dans deux heures ou dans deux mois... c'est une affaire de temps... je suis f... lambé... je m'en fiche... mais il y a un gamin, ça m'intéresse... […]
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.
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