flip
\flip\
The verdict
“flip” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,317
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boisson normande, alcoolisée et chaude composée à parts égales de cidre doux et de calvados, sucrée avec du miel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flip · flip · French
flip · rank #25,317 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,317
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH flatter
Nearest frequency peer: flatter (-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 « flip »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- faubourgs
faubourgs
74,687 corpus weight
- figuration
figuration
74,686 corpus weight
- flatter
flatter
74,685 corpus weight
- flip
flip
74,684 corpus weight
- foetus
foetus
74,683 corpus weight
- foirer
foirer
74,682 corpus weight
What this shows « flip » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flip |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flip\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flip »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around flip (IPA \flip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,317 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for flip, with forms such as "fflip", "filp", and "flipp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FP", "foi", "fui", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is flip, spelled F-L-I-P.
Definition
- 1Boisson normande, alcoolisée et chaude composée à parts égales de cidre doux et de calvados, sucrée avec du miel.
- 2Verre contenant cette boisson.
- 3Boisson chaude faite d'ale épicée et sucrée.
- 4Cocktail à base de porto, de sucre et de jaunes d’œufs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flip appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S’il a pris un chaud-froid, elle trouvera du cidre, de l’eau-de-vie ; elle lui fera un flip, comme sa mère : avec du poivre et des clous de girofle.
Cependant, une serveuse s'approche et le jeune homme commande : — Deux portos flips.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflip
- filp
- flipp
- fllip
- flpi
- lfip
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flip - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).