flic-flac
The verdict
“flic-flac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flic-flac · flic-flac · French
flic-flac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | flic-flac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flic-flac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
flic-flac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
- 1Figure de gymnastique ou d'acrobatie au sol ou à la poutre qui consiste à faire un saut par renversement arrière ou avant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flic-flac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait appartenu, en qualité de porteur, à une troupe d'acrobates de cirque, puis s'était entraîné au tapis, en vue d'un numéro de « flic-flac » avec rattrape sur les épaules.
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.