flight

\flaɪt\

/\flaɪt\/ noun

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The verdict

“flight” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,775
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vol (dans ce sens, substantif du verbe "to fly").

Corpus desk

Index FR-flight · flight · French

flight · rank #29,775 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,775
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flores

Nearest frequency peer: flores (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « flight »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « flight » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flight vs flirt
67% similar
flight vs flint
67% similar
flight vs fight
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flight
PropertyValue
Headwordflight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flaɪt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,775
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flight »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.flightse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « flores » (#29,776), « Finkielkraut » (#29,773), « fluvial » (#29,777). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flight » est au #29,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around flight (IPA \flaɪt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,775 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for flight, with forms such as "fflight", "filght", and "flgiht". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "flirt", "flint", "fight", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is flight, spelled F-L-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vol (dans ce sens, substantif du verbe "to fly").
  2. 2
    Volée (de marches).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how flight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above the right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflight
  • filght
  • flgiht
  • fligght
  • flighht
  • flightt
  • fligth
  • flihgt
  • fllight
  • lfight

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flight - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fflight1filght2flgiht2fligght1flighht1flightt1fligth2flihgt2
Edit distance from "flight"

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 "flight"?
"flight" is spelled F-L-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \flaɪt\.
What does "flight" mean?
As a noun, "flight" means: Vol (dans ce sens, substantif du verbe "to fly").
What words are commonly confused with "flight"?
"flight" is commonly confused with "flirt", "flint", "fight". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flight"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flight" is \flaɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flight" come from?
"flight" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flight", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flores#29,776fouler#29,779facial#29,770félins#29,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fluvial10 variantsexigées10 variantsgarages10 variantsErnesto10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list