flatulence

\fla.ty.lɑ̃s\

/\fla.ty.lɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“flatulence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État physique causé par les flatuosités.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flatulence · flatulence · French

flatulence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for flatulence
PropertyValue
Headwordflatulence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fla.ty.lɑ̃s\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « flatulence » en français

flatulencesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flatulence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fla.ty.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for flatulence in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is flatulence, spelled F-L-A-T-U-L-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État physique causé par les flatuosités.
  2. 2
    Accumulation de gaz dans l'intestin générant des ballonnements, et qui sont la cause des flatuosités ou pets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout chez eux est grotesque. Leurs flatulences remplacent l’encens. Ils chantent Gloria in profundis Satani au lieu de Gloria in excelsis Deo. L’Ite missa est étant remplacé par un laus Satani.
  2. Mon père, qui est aussi végétarien que je suis une carniste convaincue, fait souvent des blagues sur les pets des vaches : « Interdisons les flatulences aux vaches pour sauver la planète ! » Oui car les pets des vaches, c'est du méthane (CH₄).

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flatulence"?
"flatulence" is spelled F-L-A-T-U-L-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fla.ty.lɑ̃s\.
What does "flatulence" mean?
As a noun, "flatulence" means: État physique causé par les flatuosités.
How do you pronounce "flatulence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flatulence" is \fla.ty.lɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flatulence" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list