flanelle

\fla.nɛl\

/\fla.nɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“flanelle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,441
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe de laine peignée ou cardée, à tissu peu serré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flanelle · flanelle · French

flanelle · rank #43,441 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,441
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fixement

Nearest frequency peer: fixement (-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 « flanelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flanelle » 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
Key facts for flanelle
PropertyValue
Headwordflanelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fla.nɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,441
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flanelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flanellese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fixement » (#43,440), « florentine » (#43,442), « filtrant » (#43,439). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flanelle » est au #43,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around flanelle (IPA \fla.nɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,441 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for flanelle, with forms such as "falnelle", "fflanelle", and "flaenlle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flanelle, spelled F-L-A-N-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étoffe de laine peignée ou cardée, à tissu peu serré.
  2. 2
    Vêtement de flanelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes, qui sont de taille moyenne et plutôt trapues, portent une robe en vadmel, sorte de flanelle tissée avec la laine qu'elles-mêmes ont cardée et filée.
  2. Chez Gap, je voudrais ce pantalon de flanelle à la Lauren Bacall, taille extra-small.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falnelle
  • fflanelle
  • flaenlle
  • flanele
  • flanelel
  • flanlele
  • flannelle
  • fllanelle
  • flnaelle
  • lfanelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flanelle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

falnelle2fflanelle1flaenlle2flanele1flanelel2flanlele2flannelle1fllanelle1
Edit distance from "flanelle"

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 "flanelle"?
"flanelle" is spelled F-L-A-N-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fla.nɛl\.
What does "flanelle" mean?
As a noun, "flanelle" means: Étoffe de laine peignée ou cardée, à tissu peu serré.
What are common misspellings of "flanelle"?
Common misspellings include "falnelle", "fflanelle", "flaenlle", "flanele", "flanelel". The correct spelling is "flanelle".
How do you pronounce "flanelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flanelle" is \fla.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flanelle" come from?
"flanelle" 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 "flanelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list