FLN
\ɛf.ɛl.ɛn\
The verdict
“FLN” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,323) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,323
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement indépendantiste algérien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fln · FLN · French
FLN · rank #21,323 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,323
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fixent
Nearest frequency peer: fixent (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « FLN »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- filature
filature
78,681 corpus weight
- finies
finies
78,680 corpus weight
- fixent
fixent
78,679 corpus weight
- FLN
FLN
78,678 corpus weight
- forfaitaire
forfaitaire
78,676 corpus weight
- freedom
freedom
78,675 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « FLN » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | FLN |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛf.ɛl.ɛn\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #21,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « FLN »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for FLN is neighbouring look-alikes ("FN", "fo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɛf.ɛl.ɛn\. Frequency #21,323 among 3,276 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No generated misspelling entries exist for FLN in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FN", "fo", "fm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is FLN, spelled F-L-N.
Definition
- 1Mouvement indépendantiste algérien.
- 2Parti politique algérien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how FLN appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais là n’était pas la question : ils avaient vu, presque avec surprise, quelques-uns de leurs anciens amis se lancer, timidement ou à corps perdu, dans l’aide au F.L.N. Ils avaient mal compris pourquoi, ne parvenant à prendre au sérieux ni une explication romantique, qui les amusait plutôt ni une explication politique, qui leur échappait presque complète…
Dès le début de l’insurrection algérienne, il fut contacté par des officiers de l’ALN (Armée de libération nationale) et la direction politique du FLN.
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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