Flavius
The verdict
“Flavius” is uncommon French (frequency #50,219 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,219
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille romain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flavius · Flavius · French
Flavius · rank #50,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,219
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Flavie
Nearest frequency peer: Flavie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Flavius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flashy
flashy
49,785 corpus weight
- Flavia
Flavia
49,784 corpus weight
- Flavie
Flavie
49,783 corpus weight
- Flavius
Flavius
49,782 corpus weight
- foresterie
foresterie
49,781 corpus weight
- formol
formol
49,780 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Flavius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flavius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Flavius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Flavius is uncommon French at frequency #50,219 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille romain.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Flavius, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Flavius, spelled F-L-A-V-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille romain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Flavius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gaius Flavius Fimbria (IIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.)
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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