flute
\flyt\
The verdict
“flute” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,047
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent sous forme de tuyau percé d’orifices. De l’air soufflé est mis en vibration par un biseau disposé près de l’embouchure du tuyau dont la longueur est déterminée par le nombre et la...
Corpus desk
Index FR-flute · flute · French
flute · rank #45,047 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,047
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH flottaison
Nearest frequency peer: flottaison (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flute”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- flagellation
flagellation
54,957 corpus weight
- floréal
floréal
54,956 corpus weight
- flottaison
flottaison
54,955 corpus weight
- flute
flute
54,954 corpus weight
- foncent
foncent
54,953 corpus weight
- fondait
fondait
54,952 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flute” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | flute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flyt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “flute” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around flute (IPA \flyt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,047 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flute, with forms such as "fflute", "fllute", and "fltue". 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, "fût", "fout", "flux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flute, spelled F-L-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument à vent sous forme de tuyau percé d’orifices. De l’air soufflé est mis en vibration par un biseau disposé près de l’embouchure du tuyau dont la longueur est déterminée par le nombre et la taille d’orifices disposés sur le corps de l’instrument. On obtient différents sons par le souffle et par le mouvement des doigts sur les trous.
- 2Choses qui rappellent la forme de cet instrument de musique :
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Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jouer de la flute.
Joueur de flute.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflute
- fllute
- fltue
- fluet
- flutte
- fulte
- lfute
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flute - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flute", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "flute". Here's where to go from here.
- "flute" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fût". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #45,047 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.