flambeuse
\flɑ̃.bøz\
The verdict
“flambeuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui flambe son argent, particulièrement au jeu ; qui dépense de façon ostentatoire, cherche à en mettre plein la vue ; m’as-tu-vue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flambeuse · flambeuse · French
flambeuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flambeuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɑ̃.bøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flambeuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
flambeuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɑ̃.bøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui flambe son argent, particulièrement au jeu ; qui dépense de façon ostentatoire, cherche à en mettre plein la vue ; m’as-tu-vue.".
flambeuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flambeuse, spelled F-L-A-M-B-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui flambe son argent, particulièrement au jeu ; qui dépense de façon ostentatoire, cherche à en mettre plein la vue ; m’as-tu-vue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flambeuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ex-ministre des Finances Alain Madelin ne s’était même pas aperçu que son assistante de direction, flambeuse accro aux casinos, l’avait refait de quelque 600 000 euros au fil de cinq années, en se servant sur ses comptes (« Le Point », 1/2)…
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.