Which to use
“flirt” is a noun and “flirte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,941
- “flirt” frequency rank
- #30,611
- “flirte” frequency rank
- 52552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flirt | flirte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cour amoureuse, généralement avec une connotation sexuelle, mais de façon légère et généralement sans but de relation à long terme. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter. |
Same sound, different letters: flirt vs flirte
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. flirt runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against flirte's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - flirt / flirte
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: flirt and flirte carry the same recorded pronunciation, \flœʁt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “flirt” sits inside “flirte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flirt is recorded at frequency rank #21,941, classified as anoun, pronounced \flœʁt\. flirte is at rank #30,611, tagged as averb, pronounced \flœʁt\.
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 52552, this pair ranks #146,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flirt vs flirte
Shared letters: filrt. Private to "flirt": -. Private to "flirte": e.
"flirt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "flirte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flirt" and "flirte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "flirt" or "flirte"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "flirt" / "flirte". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "flirt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flirte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flirt" and "flirte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flirte vs flute". 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 #146,949 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.