flanc mou
\flɑ̃ mu\
The verdict
“flanc mou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne fainéante et nonchalante. Souvent qualifié de grand.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flanc mou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɑ̃ mu\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flanc mou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flanc mou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɑ̃ mu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne fainéante et nonchalante. Souvent qualifié de grand.".
flanc mou has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is flanc mou, spelled F-L-A-N-C- -M-O-U.
Definition
- 1Personne fainéante et nonchalante. Souvent qualifié de grand.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “flanc mou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-A-N-C- -M-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flɑ̃ mu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.