flanche

\flɑ̃ʃ\

/\flɑ̃ʃ\/ verb

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The verdict

“flanche” is uncommon French (frequency #57,276 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,276
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flancher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flanche · flanche · French

flanche · rank #57,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,276
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flags

Nearest frequency peer: flags (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « flanche »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « flanche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flanche
PropertyValue
Headwordflanche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\flɑ̃ʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « flanche » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flanchetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « flags » (#57,275), « foraines » (#57,277), « fixette » (#57,274). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flanche » est au #57,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flanche is uncommon French at frequency #57,276 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \flɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flanche, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flanche, spelled F-L-A-N-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flancher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flancher.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de flancher.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de flancher.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de flancher.

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 "flanche"?
"flanche" is spelled F-L-A-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑ̃ʃ\.
What does "flanche" mean?
As a verb, "flanche" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flancher.
How do you pronounce "flanche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flanche" is \flɑ̃ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flanche" come from?
"flanche" 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 "flanche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fixette#57,274finally#57,273frottez#57,283fécales#57,287

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list