flexibel
\flɛˈksiːbl̩\
The verdict
“flexibel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flexible, souple : qui peut se fléchir facilement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flexibel · flexibel · French
flexibel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | flexibel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \flɛˈksiːbl̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
flexibel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \flɛˈksiːbl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flexibel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 flexibel, spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1Flexible, souple : qui peut se fléchir facilement.
- 2Souple, flexible : qui est s’adapte facilement, volontiers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flexibel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wahrscheinlich ahnen wir noch gar nicht, wozu man diese flexiblen Schaltkreise verwenden wird - angefangen vom Pflaster, dass mit seinen integrierten Chips ständig den Gesundheitszustand kontrolliert bis zu völlig neuen Smartphones oder Geräten, die auch die härtesten Umweltbedingungen aushalten.
Es ist kein leichtes Vorhaben, die Psychoanalyse zu diskutieren. Wie alle Religionen – etwa das Christentum oder der Marxismus – erweist sie sich vor einem Hintergrund dogmatischer Begriffe als unangenehm flexibel.
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Antonyms
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.