flancs

/\flɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,132

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

flancs is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de flanc. Pronounced \flɑ̃\. Often confused with Franc and flics.

Key facts for flancs
PropertyValue
Headwordflancs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,132
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flancs in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for flancs is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \flɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,132 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de flanc.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for flancs, with forms such as "falncs", "fflancs", and "flacns". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Franc", "flics", "Frans", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is flancs, spelled F-L-A-N-C-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de flanc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falncs,fflancs,flacns,flanccs,flancss,flanncs,flansc,fllancs,flnacs,lfancs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flancs

Misspelling Variants of "flancs"

falncs6fflancs7flacns6flanccs7flancss7flanncs7flansc6fllancs7
Misspelling Variants of "flancs"

Frequency rank: #16,132 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flancs"?
"flancs" is spelled F-L-A-N-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \flɑ̃\.
What does "flancs" mean?
As a noun, "flancs" means: Pluriel de flanc.
What words are commonly confused with "flancs"?
"flancs" is commonly confused with "Franc", "flics", "Frans". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flancs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flancs" is \flɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flancs" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.