flippants
\fli.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“flippants” is uncommon French (frequency #82,037 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,037
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de flippant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flippants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fli.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flippants” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flippants is uncommon French at frequency #82,037 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fli.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de flippant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for flippants in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is flippants, spelled F-L-I-P-P-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de flippant.
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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Using “flippants”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-I-P-P-A-N-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fli.pɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.