Which to use
“flic” and “flint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,194
- “flic” frequency rank
- #34,540
- “flint” frequency rank
- 40734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flic | flint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Policier. | 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 flic and flint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: flic vs flint
A purely visual mix-up. flic (\flik\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flic is recorded at frequency rank #6,194, classified as anoun, pronounced \flik\. 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 40734, this pair ranks #238,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flic vs flint
Shared letters: fil. Private to "flic": c. Private to "flint": nt.
"flic" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "flint" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "flic" and "flint" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "flic" vs "flint" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flic" and "flint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flic" 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 #238,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flic" 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 #238,296 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.