flâner
\flɑ.ne\
The verdict
“flâner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,845
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se promener sans but, sans hâte et sans objet déterminé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flaner · flâner · French
flâner · rank #36,845 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,845
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH figue
Nearest frequency peer: figue (-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 « flâner »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- faiblit
faiblit
63,159 corpus weight
- fiel
fiel
63,158 corpus weight
- figue
figue
63,157 corpus weight
- flâner
flâner
63,156 corpus weight
- fossoyeur
fossoyeur
63,155 corpus weight
- fougère
fougère
63,154 corpus weight
What this shows « flâner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flâner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \flɑ.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flâner »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around flâner (IPA \flɑ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,845 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for flâner, with forms such as "fflâner", "flaner", and "fllâner". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "flyer", "fraser", "frayer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is flâner, spelled F-L-Â-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se promener sans but, sans hâte et sans objet déterminé.
- 2Passer son temps à des bagatelles.
- 3Donner, appliquer, sangler, flanquer.
- 4Se donner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flâner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit est chaude. Vous remontez en flânant la Canebière et vous la quittez au boulevard Dugommier.
Alors demeurait au fond de l’impasse Saint-Mittre, dans une masure dont les derrières donnaient sur le terrain des Fouque, un homme mal famé, que l’on désignait d’habitude sous cette locution, « ce gueux de Macquart. » Cet homme disparaissait pendant des semaines entières ; puis on le voyait reparaître, un beau soir, les bras vides, les mains dans les poc…
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflâner
- flaner
- fllâner
- flnâer
- flâenr
- flânerr
- flânner
- flânre
- fâlner
- lfâner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flâner - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flâner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).