flat

\fla\

/\fla\/ adj

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The verdict

“flat” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,369
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit du ver à soie atteint de flacherie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flat · flat · French

flat · rank #26,369 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,369
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fist

Nearest frequency peer: fist (-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 « flat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flat » 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).

flat vs ft
50% similar
flat vs fût
50% similar
flat vs fra
50% similar

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

Key facts for flat
PropertyValue
Headwordflat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fla\
Letters4
Frequency rank#26,369
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flat »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flatse 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 « fist » (#26,368), « form » (#26,370), « FDJ » (#26,367). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flat » est au #26,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around flat (IPA \fla\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,369 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dit du ver à soie atteint de flacherie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for flat, with forms such as "falt", "fflat", and "flatt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "fût", "fra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is flat, spelled F-L-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit du ver à soie atteint de flacherie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Maladie des morts-flats.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falt
  • fflat
  • flatt
  • fllat
  • flta
  • lfat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flat - 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.

falt2fflat1flatt1fllat1flta2lfat2
Edit distance from "flat"

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 "flat"?
"flat" is spelled F-L-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fla\.
What does "flat" mean?
As an adjective, "flat" means: Se dit du ver à soie atteint de flacherie.
What words are commonly confused with "flat"?
"flat" is commonly confused with "ft", "fût", "fra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flat" is \fla\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flat" come from?
"flat" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fist#26,368form#26,370giro#26,379este#26,357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

gèle6 variantshorn6 variantsdrag6 variantsJoanne6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list