fléton
\fle.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“fléton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de flet commun (poisson).
Corpus desk
Index FR-fleton · fléton · French
fléton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | fléton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fle.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fléton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fléton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fle.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de flet commun (poisson).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fléton in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fléton, spelled F-L-É-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de flet commun (poisson).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fléton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On trouve flet, flette, fléteau, flételet, fléton, comme noms de pleuronectes ; on peut expliquer ces noms par le curieux mouvement ondulatoire avec lequel ces poissons se meuvent dans l’eau et les rattacher au radical du flam, vletten, flotter, primitivement nager.
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.