Flecken
\ˈflɛkn̩\
The verdict
“Flecken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tache.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flecken · Flecken · French
Flecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flecken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈflɛkn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Flecken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Flecken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈflɛkn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Flecken, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Flecken, spelled F-L-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tache.
- 2Village, bourg.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Flecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Überzeugung, daß er noch zwei Meilen zurückzulegen habe, ritt der Major fort. Nichtsdestoweniger erblickte er bald durch einige Bäume hindurch eine erste Häusergruppe, dann endlich die Dächer des Fleckens, der sich um einen Glockenturm mit kegelförmiger Spitze sammelt (...)
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.