flamboyant

\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\

/\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“flamboyant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,554
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui brûle en produisant une vive lueur, des flammes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flamboyant · flamboyant · French

flamboyant · rank #23,554 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,554
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH financent

Nearest frequency peer: financent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « flamboyant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « flamboyant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flamboyant vs flamboyante
91% similar
flamboyant vs flambant
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flamboyant
PropertyValue
Headwordflamboyant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,554
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flamboyant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).flamboyantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « financent » (#23,553), « fia » (#23,552), « followers » (#23,556). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flamboyant » est au #23,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around flamboyant (IPA \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,554 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for flamboyant, with forms such as "falmboyant", "fflamboyant", and "flabmoyant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "flamboyante", "flambant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is flamboyant, spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui brûle en produisant une vive lueur, des flammes.
  2. 2
    Qui produit une vive lueur, un éclat.
  3. 3
    Qui est éclatant, remarquable dans son genre.
  4. 4
    D’une couleur chaude, par exemple rouge vif; qui évoque les flammes.
  5. 5
    D’une richesse éclatante, en faisant généralement référence à des vêtements décorés de perles, de pierres précieuses, etc, qui les rendent ostentatoires.
  6. 6
    Se dit d’une pièce ondée, terminée par une flamme.
  7. 7
    Style caractéristique de l’architecture gothique française du XVᵉ siècle, où certains ornements (soufflets, mouchettes…) ont une forme ondulée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comète flamboyante. - Les éclairs rendaient le ciel flamboyant.
  2. Le soleil qui quelques minutes avant était rouge cramoisi, était devenu d'un jaune vif, et les rayons d'or qu'il dardait étaient si flamboyants que l'œil en était ébloui ; […].

Synonyms

étincelantardentbrûlantbrillantéclatantétincelantéclatantbrillantéclatantétincelant

This word in other languages

flamboyant(English)brillante(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falmboyant
  • fflamboyant
  • flabmoyant
  • flambboyant
  • flamboaynt
  • flamboyannt
  • flamboyantt
  • flamboyatn
  • flamboynat
  • flamboyyant
  • flambyoant
  • flammboyant
  • flamobyant
  • fllamboyant
  • flmaboyant
  • lfamboyant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flamboyant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

falmboyant2fflamboyant1flabmoyant2flambboyant1flamboaynt2flamboyannt1flamboyantt1flamboyatn2
Edit distance from "flamboyant"

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 "flamboyant"?
"flamboyant" is spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "flamboyant" mean?
As an adjective, "flamboyant" means: Qui brûle en produisant une vive lueur, des flammes.
What words are commonly confused with "flamboyant"?
"flamboyant" is commonly confused with "flamboyante", "flambant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flamboyant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flamboyant" is \flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flamboyant" come from?
"flamboyant" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

excréments#23,542effroyable#23,531implantées#23,579décrochage#23,524

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

facturation16 variantsdivulgation16 variantsmonstrueuse16 variantsmultipliés16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list