flamboyance
\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flamboyance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flamboyance » en français
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
- 1État de celui, celle ou ce qui est flamboyant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flamboyance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.