flétrir
\fle.tʁiʁ\
The verdict
“flétrir” is uncommon French (frequency #86,714 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,714
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Décolorer, faner entièrement, en parlant de fleurs, de feuillages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fletrir · flétrir · French
flétrir · rank #86,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,714
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH flânerie
Nearest frequency peer: flânerie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flétrir”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fleurdelisé
fleurdelisé
13,290 corpus weight
- Florennes
Florennes
13,289 corpus weight
- flânerie
flânerie
13,288 corpus weight
- flétrir
flétrir
13,287 corpus weight
- fondra
fondra
13,286 corpus weight
- forcèrent
forcèrent
13,285 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flétrir” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flétrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fle.tʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flétrir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flétrir is uncommon French at frequency #86,714 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fle.tʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for flétrir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flétrir, spelled F-L-É-T-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Décolorer, faner entièrement, en parlant de fleurs, de feuillages.
- 2Donner l’aspect de la vieillesse, en parlant de certaines parties du corps humain.
- 3Rendre dépourvu de sa fraîcheur, de son éclat, de son intégrité.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.