Which to use
“flanc” and “flint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,546
- “flanc” frequency rank
- #34,540
- “flint” frequency rank
- 43086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flanc | flint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches. | Verre en cristal servant avec le crown-glass à faire les lentilles achromatiques des microscopes ; il est constitué par trois atomes de quadrisilicate de plomb et deux atomes de quadrisilicate de potasse. |
Where the eye mixes flanc and flint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses flanc with flint
A purely visual mix-up. flanc (\flɑ̃\) and flint (\flint\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flanc is recorded at frequency rank #8,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \flɑ̃\. flint is at rank #34,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flint\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43086, this pair ranks #220,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flanc vs flint
Shared letters: fln. Private to "flanc": ac. Private to "flint": it.
"flanc" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "flint" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flanc" for "flint" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "flanc" or "flint" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "flanc" and "flint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flanc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flanc" and "flint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flint vs foins". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #220,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.