flash

\flaʃ\

/\flaʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“flash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,760
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éclair lumineux bref.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flash · flash · French

flash · rank #4,760 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,760
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Figaro

Nearest frequency peer: Figaro (-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 « flash »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flash » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flash vs flat
60% similar
flash vs fresh
60% similar
flash vs flashs
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flash
PropertyValue
Headwordflash
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flaʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,760
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flash »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.flashse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Figaro » (#4,759), « futurs » (#4,761), « fermée » (#4,758). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flash » est au #4,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around flash (IPA \flaʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,760 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for flash, with forms such as "falsh", "fflash", and "flahs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "flat", "fresh", "flashs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is flash, spelled F-L-A-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Éclair lumineux bref.
  2. 2
    Dispositif produisant une lumière intense pendant un très court laps de temps. Son ancêtre est le pistolet à magnésium.
  3. 3
    Information urgente.
  4. 4
    Type de lancer où tous les objets sont lancés et attrapés une seule fois.
  5. 5
    Dessin créé par une personne qui réalise des tatouages et proposé pour une réalisation unique et souvent sans modification.
  6. 6
    Effet de certaines drogues consommées par voie intraveineuse.
  7. 7
    Fiole d’alcool généralement diluée avec une boisson non alcoolisée.
  8. 8
    Vision très brève et presciente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a eu un flash lumineux d’une toute petite seconde, un simple flash, une seule seconde, et un tiers du plan des Penseurs fut totalement pulvérisé par la puissance du néant lui-même.
  2. Matière et antimatière s’annihilent également dans un flash lumineux.

This word in other languages

lightning(English)flash(Español)Blitz(Deutsch)flash(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falsh
  • fflash
  • flahs
  • flashh
  • flassh
  • fllash
  • flsah
  • lfash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flash - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

falsh2fflash1flahs2flashh1flassh1fllash1flsah2lfash2
Edit distance from "flash"

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 "flash"?
"flash" is spelled F-L-A-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \flaʃ\.
What does "flash" mean?
As a noun, "flash" means: Éclair lumineux bref.
What words are commonly confused with "flash"?
"flash" is commonly confused with "flat", "fresh", "flashs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flash"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flash" is \flaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flash" come from?
"flash" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flash", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jambe#4,770dirai#4,747conte#4,741profs#4,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Figaro8 variantsdoutes8 variantsDidier8 variantslourde8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list