flanc

\flɑ̃\

/\flɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“flanc” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,546
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flanc · flanc · French

flanc · rank #8,546 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,546
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH funérailles

Nearest frequency peer: funérailles (+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 « flanc »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flanc » 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).

flanc vs FLN
0% similar
flanc vs flic
60% similar
flanc vs FNAC
0% similar

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

Key facts for flanc
PropertyValue
Headwordflanc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,546
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flanc »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).flancse 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 « funérailles » (#8,547), « fast » (#8,544), « girls » (#8,548). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flanc » est au #8,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around flanc (IPA \flɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,546 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches.
  2. 2
    Partie qui va de la patte d’avant à la patte d’arrière, chez les quadrupèdes.
  3. 3
    Ventre ou partie du ventre qui est comprise entre les deux flancs.
  4. 4
    Côté de diverses choses.
  5. 5
    Nom des deux partie latérale d'une peau de bovidé, à gauche et à droite du croupon.
  6. 6
    Le côté dextre ou senestre de l'écu ; pièce qui correspond au bord de l'écu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Car il n’y avait rien de ton haleine pure dans l’air qui touchait mes lèvres, les montagnes nous séparaient, ta vie était loin de ma vie et le souvenir affaibli de tes caresses glissait seul sur mes flancs désolés.
  2. Le flanc droit. — Le flanc gauche. — Il eut le flanc percé d’un coup de flèche.

Synonyms

côté

This word in other languages

side(English)lado(Español)Flanke(Deutsch)banda(Português)

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.

falnc2fflanc1flacn2flancc1flannc1fllanc1flnac2lfanc2
Edit distance from "flanc"

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 "flanc"?
"flanc" is spelled F-L-A-N-C. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑ̃\.
What does "flanc" mean?
As a noun, "flanc" means: Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches.
What words are commonly confused with "flanc"?
"flanc" is commonly confused with "FLN", "flic", "FNAC". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flanc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flanc" is \flɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flanc" come from?
"flanc" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

girls#8,548Dylan#8,533hymne#8,559hôtes#8,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Eugène8 variantsDamien8 variantscuisson8 variantsclefs8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list