Which to use
“flaque” and “flatte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,437
- “flaque” frequency rank
- #31,497
- “flatte” frequency rank
- 58934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flaque | flatte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite étendue d’un liquide accumulé sur une surface plane ou qui n’est pas parfaitement nivelée. | Excrément de bovin. |
Where the eye mixes flaque and flatte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between flaque and flatte
A purely visual mix-up. flaque (\flak\) and flatte (\flat\) 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 58934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flaque is recorded at frequency rank #27,437, classified as anoun, pronounced \flak\. flatte is at rank #31,497, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flat\.
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 58934, this pair ranks #106,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flaque vs flatte
Shared letters: aefl. Private to "flaque": qu. Private to "flatte": t.
"flaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "flatte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flaque" and "flatte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flaque" vs "flatte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "flaque" and "flatte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flaque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flatte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flaque" and "flatte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fiotte vs flatte". 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 #106,055 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.