flip-flap
\flip flap\
The verdict
“flip-flap” 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) - Saut périlleux avant ou arrière qu’on exécute en touchant la terre avec les mains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flip-flap · flip-flap · French
flip-flap · 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 | flip-flap |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flip flap\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
flip-flap is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flip flap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Saut périlleux avant ou arrière qu’on exécute en touchant la terre avec les mains.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flip-flap in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is flip-flap, spelled F-L-I-P---F-L-A-P.
Definition
- 1Saut périlleux avant ou arrière qu’on exécute en touchant la terre avec les mains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flip-flap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déjà, du reste, ils [les enfants] savaient faire beaucoup de choses : soigner les animaux, accomplir des flip-flap.
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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.