flic-flac

noun

The verdict

“flic-flac” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.

Key facts for flic-flac
PropertyValue
Headwordflic-flac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “flic-flac” sits in French frequency

flic-flac falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for flic-flac is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for flic-flac in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is flic-flac, spelled F-L-I-C---F-L-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flic-flac"?
"flic-flac" is spelled F-L-I-C---F-L-A-C.
What does "flic-flac" mean?
As a noun, "flic-flac" means: Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.
What language does "flic-flac" come from?
"flic-flac" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “flic-flac”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-L-I-C---F-L-A-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list