flirt

/ˈflɐɾt/

//ˈflɐɾt// noun

The verdict

“flirt” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,721 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,721
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver flarte, flerte

Corpus desk

Index PT-flirt · flirt · Portuguese

flirt · rank #97,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,721
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH florada

Nearest frequency peer: florada (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “flirt”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “flirt” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flirt
PropertyValue
Headwordflirt
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈflɐɾt/
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,721
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “flirt” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).flirtcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “florada” (#97,724), “ferroada” (#97,714), “foundry” (#97,738). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “flirt” fica em #97,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flirt is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,721 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflɐɾt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ver flarte, flerte".

Zero misspellings are on record for flirt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is flirt, spelled F-L-I-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver flarte, flerte

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flirt"?
"flirt" is spelled F-L-I-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈflɐɾt/.
What does "flirt" mean?
As a noun, "flirt" means: ver flarte, flerte
How do you pronounce "flirt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flirt" is /ˈflɐɾt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flirt" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flirt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list