flirte

\flœʁt\

/\flœʁt\/ verb

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The verdict

“flirte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,611
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flirte · flirte · French

flirte · rank #30,611 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,611
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH floral

Nearest frequency peer: floral (+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 « flirte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flirte » 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).

flirte vs forte
67% similar
flirte vs fuite
67% similar
flirte vs foire
67% similar

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

Key facts for flirte
PropertyValue
Headwordflirte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\flœʁt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,611
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flirte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).flirtese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « floral » (#30,612), « filleul » (#30,609), « flous » (#30,613). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flirte » est au #30,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around flirte (IPA \flœʁt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,611 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flirte, with forms such as "fflirte", "fliret", and "flirrte". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "forte", "fuite", "foire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is flirte, spelled F-L-I-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de flirter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de flirter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de flirter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflirte
  • fliret
  • flirrte
  • flirtte
  • fllirte
  • flrite
  • lfirte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fflirte1fliret2flirrte1flirtte1fllirte1flrite2lfirte2
Edit distance from "flirte"

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 "flirte"?
"flirte" is spelled F-L-I-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \flœʁt\.
What does "flirte" mean?
As a verb, "flirte" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter.
What words are commonly confused with "flirte"?
"flirte" is commonly confused with "forte", "fuite", "foire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flirte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flirte" is \flœʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flirte" come from?
"flirte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

floral#30,612formez#30,614factor#30,603Geiger#30,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

flous7 variantsferma7 variantsfalse7 variantsfuyez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list