Which to use
“flirte” and “flirter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,611
- “flirte” frequency rank
- #22,861
- “flirter” frequency rank
- 53472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flirte | flirter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de flirter. | S’adonner au flirt. |
Where the eye mixes flirte and flirter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. flirte runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against flirter's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: flirte vs flirter
A purely visual mix-up. flirte (\flœʁt\) and flirter (\flœʁ.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “flirte” sits inside “flirter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flirte is recorded at frequency rank #30,611, classified as averb, pronounced \flœʁt\. flirter is at rank #22,861, tagged as averb, pronounced \flœʁ.te\.
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 53472, this pair ranks #140,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flirte vs flirter
Shared letters: efilrt. Private to "flirte": -. Private to "flirter": -.
"flirte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "flirter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flirte" for "flirter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "flirte" or "flirter" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "flirte" and "flirter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flirte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flirter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flirte" and "flirter" 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 #140,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.