flicaille

\fli.kaj\

/\fli.kaj\/ noun

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The verdict

“flicaille” is an uncommon French word, ranked #93,780 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#93,780
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Police, groupe de flics ou les flics en général.

Key facts for flicaille
PropertyValue
Headwordflicaille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fli.kaj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,780
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “flicaille” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). flicaille lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for flicaille is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fli.kaj\. Corpus data places it at rank #93,780 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Police, groupe de flics ou les flics en général.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flicaille, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is flicaille, spelled F-L-I-C-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Police, groupe de flics ou les flics en général.

This word in other languages

heat(English)Polente(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flicaille"?
"flicaille" is spelled F-L-I-C-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fli.kaj\.
What does "flicaille" mean?
As a noun, "flicaille" means: Police, groupe de flics ou les flics en général.
How do you pronounce "flicaille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flicaille" is \fli.kaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flicaille" come from?
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Using “flicaille”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is F-L-I-C-A-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fli.kaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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