flamme

\flɑm\

/\flɑm\/ adj

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The verdict

“flamme” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,827
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de l’éclat, de l’allant, en parlant d’une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flamme · flamme · French

flamme · rank #6,827 · 6 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,827
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fixée

Nearest frequency peer: fixée (-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 « flamme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flamme » 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).

flamme vs frame
67% similar
flamme vs flemme
83% similar
flamme vs flaque
67% similar

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

Key facts for flamme
PropertyValue
Headwordflamme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\flɑm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,827
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flamme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.flammese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fixée » (#6,826), « flèche » (#6,828), « fantôme » (#6,825). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flamme » est au #6,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around flamme (IPA \flɑm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,827 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a de l’éclat, de l’allant, en parlant d’une personne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for flamme, with forms such as "falmme", "fflamme", and "flamem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "frame", "flemme", "flaque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is flamme, spelled F-L-A-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de l’éclat, de l’allant, en parlant d’une personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’est pas flamme. Il respire bien trop court.
  2. un brin de mimosa , qui n'est pas flamme quand elle le sort de son sac

Synonyms

flambant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falmme
  • fflamme
  • flamem
  • fllamme
  • flmame
  • lfamme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flamme - 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.

falmme2fflamme1flamem2fllamme1flmame2lfamme2
Edit distance from "flamme"

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 "flamme"?
"flamme" is spelled F-L-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑm\.
What does "flamme" mean?
As an adjective, "flamme" means: Qui a de l’éclat, de l’allant, en parlant d’une personne.
What words are commonly confused with "flamme"?
"flamme" is commonly confused with "frame", "flemme", "flaque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flamme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flamme" is \flɑm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flamme" come from?
"flamme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flèche#6,828exacte#6,823entité#6,820ennuie#6,819

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fric6 variantslent6 variantslinge6 variantschic6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list