flamboyance

\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\

/\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“flamboyance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui, celle ou ce qui est flamboyant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flamboyance · flamboyance · French

flamboyance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for flamboyance
PropertyValue
Headwordflamboyance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « flamboyance » en français

flamboyancesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flamboyance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de celui, celle ou ce qui est flamboyant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for flamboyance in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flamboyance, spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de celui, celle ou ce qui est flamboyant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Entouré d’une solide distribution (John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Danny Huston et la merveilleuse Brenda Vaccaro), Al Pacino laisse sa flamboyance coutumière au rancart et se glisse dans la peau de Jack Kevorkian avec la même aisance tranquille que jadis dans celle de Frank Serpico.
  2. Le tuning du tout début des années 2000, avec ses excès et ses flamboyances […], ce tuning-là s’est effondré.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flamboyance"?
"flamboyance" is spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\.
What does "flamboyance" mean?
As a noun, "flamboyance" means: État de celui, celle ou ce qui est flamboyant.
How do you pronounce "flamboyance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flamboyance" is \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flamboyance" come from?
"flamboyance" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list