flanc
\flɑ̃\
The verdict
“flanc” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,546 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,546
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flanc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flanc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for flanc is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \flɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,546 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for flanc, with forms such as "falnc", "fflanc", and "flacn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FLN", "flic", "FNAC", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is flanc, spelled F-L-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches.
- 2Partie qui va de la patte d’avant à la patte d’arrière, chez les quadrupèdes.
- 3Ventre ou partie du ventre qui est comprise entre les deux flancs.
- 4Côté de diverses choses.
- 5Nom des deux partie latérale d'une peau de bovidé, à gauche et à droite du croupon.
- 6Le côté dextre ou senestre de l'écu ; pièce qui correspond au bord de l'écu.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: falnc,fflanc,flacn,flancc,flannc,fllanc,flnac,lfanc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flanc - 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.
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.
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Using “flanc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-A-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “FLN” - see the side-by-side comparison. flanc vs FLN
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.