Two new species of pancake batfishes have been found in the area affected by the BP oil spill.
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Pancake
/ˈpæn.keɪk/
Synonyms for "pancake" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (13)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (22)
flapcakeflapjackgriddlecakehot cakelandlevel offlightovershootpalacsintasettle downtalk downtouch downupwindwaffle
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: flapjack, hotcake, griddlecake, alight, battercake.
- Sentence evidence is available for pancake, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "pancake".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "pancake"
Keep "pancake" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "pancake" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "pancake", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "pancake" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesMore specific
3 entriesbanana pancakebuckwheat pancakesilver dollar pancake
Collocations
6 entriesbanana pancakebuckwheat pancakepancake batterpancake mixpancake syrupsilver dollar pancake
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
172 translations across 97 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pannekoek noun (thin batter cake)
Albanian
1 entries- petull noun (thin batter cake)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λάγανον noun (thin batter cake)
Arabic
3 entries- بانكيك noun (thin batter cake)
- فَطِيرَة noun (thin batter cake)
- معمول noun (thin batter cake)
Armenian
1 entries- յուղաբլիթ noun (thin batter cake)
Asturian
1 entries- frixuelu noun (thin batter cake)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- blinçik noun (thin batter cake)
- pankek noun (thin batter cake)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡоймаҡ noun (thin batter cake)
Basque
1 entries- opil txiki noun (thin batter cake)
Belarusian
4 entries- ала́дка noun (thin batter cake)
- блін noun (thin batter cake)
- бліне́ц noun (thin batter cake)
- млін noun (thin batter cake)
Bengali
1 entries- প্যানকেক noun (thin batter cake)
Bulgarian
1 entries- палачи́нка noun (thin batter cake)
Burmese
4 entries- ညာတရံ noun (thin batter cake)
- ပန်ကိတ် noun (thin batter cake)
- ပူရီ noun (thin batter cake)
- အာပုံ noun (thin batter cake)
Catalan
1 entries- crep noun (thin batter cake)
Chechen
1 entries- гваймакх noun (thin batter cake)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 班戟 noun (thin batter cake)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 烤餅 /烤饼 noun (thin batter cake)
- 薄烤餅 /薄烤饼 noun (thin batter cake)
- 薄煎餅 /薄煎饼 noun (thin batter cake)
- 鬆餅 /松饼 noun (thin batter cake)
Church Slavic
1 entries- млинъ noun (thin batter cake)
Cornish
1 entries- krampothen noun (thin batter cake)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- şırlama noun (thin batter cake)
Czech
1 entries- palačinka noun (thin batter cake)
Danish
1 entries- pandekage noun (thin batter cake)
Dutch
1 entries- pannenkoek noun (thin batter cake)
East Central German
1 entries- Fannkuchen noun (thin batter cake)
Esperanto
1 entries- patkuko noun (thin batter cake)
Estonian
1 entries- pannkook noun (thin batter cake)
Faroese
1 entries- pannukøka noun (thin batter cake)
Finnish
4 entries- lettu noun (thin batter cake)
- lätty noun (thin batter cake)
- ohukainen noun (thin batter cake)
- pannukakku noun (thin batter cake)
French
2 entries- crêpe noun (thin batter cake)
- pancake noun (thin batter cake)
Galician
3 entries- filloa noun (thin batter cake)
- freixó noun (thin batter cake)
- pandelo noun (thin batter cake)
Georgian
1 entries- ბლინი noun (thin batter cake)
German
4 entries- Blinse noun (thin batter cake)
- Eierkuchen noun (thin batter cake)
- Fannkuchn noun (thin batter cake)
- Flins noun (thin batter cake)
Greek
2 entries- τηγανίτα noun (thin batter cake)
- τηγανόψωμο noun (thin batter cake)
Greenlandic
2 entries- panikaaq noun (thin batter cake)
- pannakaaq noun (thin batter cake)
Hebrew
3 entries- חֲבִיתִית noun (thin batter cake)
- חֲמִיטָה noun (thin batter cake)
- פַּנְקֵיק noun (thin batter cake)
Hindi
1 entries- पैनकेक noun (thin batter cake)
Hungarian
1 entries- palacsinta noun (thin batter cake)
Icelandic
1 entries- pönnukaka noun (thin batter cake)
Ido
1 entries- krespo noun (thin batter cake)
Indonesian
1 entries- panekuk noun (thin batter cake)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- پَنْکِیْک noun (thin batter cake)
- پَنکِیْک noun (thin batter cake)
- کِرِپ noun (thin batter cake)
Irish
1 entries- pancóg noun (thin batter cake)
Italian
3 entries- crespella noun (thin batter cake)
- crespolino noun (thin batter cake)
- frittella noun (thin batter cake)
Japanese
3 entries- パンケーキ noun (thin batter cake)
- ブリヌイ noun (thin batter cake)
- プリンゼン noun (thin batter cake)
Kannada
1 entries- ಪ್ಯಾನ್ಕೇಕ್ noun (thin batter cake)
Kashubian
1 entries- plińc noun (thin batter cake)
Kazakh
1 entries- құймақ noun (thin batter cake)
Khmer
1 entries- នំផេនខេក noun (thin batter cake)
Korean
3 entries- 블리니 noun (thin batter cake)
- 블린 noun (thin batter cake)
- 팬케이크 noun (thin batter cake)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- куймак noun (thin batter cake)
Lakota
1 entries- aǧúyapi-zizípela noun (thin batter cake)
Lao
1 entries- ແພນເຄັກ noun (thin batter cake)
Latin
2 entries- laganum noun (thin batter cake)
- lucunculus noun (thin batter cake)
Latvian
1 entries- pankūka noun (thin batter cake)
Lithuanian
1 entries- blynas noun (thin batter cake)
Low German
4 entries- Pannekauken noun (thin batter cake)
- Pannkauken noun (thin batter cake)
- Pannkoken noun (thin batter cake)
- Pannkook noun (thin batter cake)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Paangech noun (thin batter cake)
- Panech noun (thin batter cake)
Macedonian
1 entries- палачи́нка noun (thin batter cake)
Malay
1 entries- pankek noun (thin batter cake)
Malayalam
1 entries- എത്രനാള് noun (thin batter cake)
Manx
2 entries- lurrag noun (thin batter cake)
- pannag noun (thin batter cake)
Marathi
1 entries- पॅनकेक noun (thin batter cake)
Mongolian
4 entries- бин noun (thin batter cake)
- шарвин noun (thin batter cake)
- ᠪᠢᠩ noun (thin batter cake)
- ᠱᠠᠷᠪᠢᠩ noun (thin batter cake)
Māori
4 entries- panikeke noun (thin batter cake)
- parai noun (thin batter cake)
- parāoa koroua noun (thin batter cake)
- takakau noun (thin batter cake)
Nauruan
1 entries- epankeik noun (thin batter cake)
Nogai
1 entries- куймак noun (thin batter cake)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pannekake noun (thin batter cake)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- pannekake noun (thin batter cake)
Occitan
1 entries- pescajon noun (thin batter cake)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- блинъ noun (thin batter cake)
- млинъ noun (thin batter cake)
Polish
1 entries- naleśnik noun (thin batter cake)
Portuguese
1 entries- panqueca noun (thin batter cake)
Romanian
1 entries- clătită noun (thin batter cake)
Russian
4 entries- бли́нчик noun (thin batter cake)
- блин noun (thin batter cake)
- нали́стник noun (thin batter cake)
- ола́дья noun (thin batter cake)
Scots
1 entries- pan scone noun (thin batter cake)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- breacag noun (thin batter cake)
- caraiceag noun (thin batter cake)
- crampag noun (thin batter cake)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- palačínka noun (thin batter cake)
- палачи́нка noun (thin batter cake)
Slovak
1 entries- palacinka noun (thin batter cake)
Slovene
1 entries- palačinka noun (thin batter cake)
Spanish
4 entries- hojuela noun (thin batter cake)
- hot cake noun (thin batter cake)
- pancake noun (thin batter cake)
- panqueca noun (thin batter cake)
Swedish
2 entries- pannkaka noun (thin batter cake)
- plätt noun (thin batter cake)
Tagalog
1 entries- pankeyk noun (thin batter cake)
Tajik
2 entries- чалпак noun (thin batter cake)
- қуймоқ noun (thin batter cake)
Tamil
1 entries- தோசை noun (thin batter cake)
Tatar
2 entries- белен noun (thin batter cake)
- коймак noun (thin batter cake)
Telugu
1 entries- దోశ noun (thin batter cake)
Thai
1 entries- แพนเค้ก noun (thin batter cake)
Turkish
1 entries- krep noun (thin batter cake)
Udmurt
1 entries- мильым noun (thin batter cake)
Ukrainian
4 entries- млине́ць noun (thin batter cake)
- нали́сник noun (thin batter cake)
- ола́док noun (thin batter cake)
- панке́йк noun (thin batter cake)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- blinc noun (thin batter cake)
- plinc noun (thin batter cake)
- plins noun (thin batter cake)
Urdu
2 entries- پَین کیک noun (thin batter cake)
- پَینْکیک noun (thin batter cake)
Uzbek
2 entries- blin noun (thin batter cake)
- krep noun (thin batter cake)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bánh kếp noun (thin batter cake)
- bánh nướng chảo noun (thin batter cake)
Welsh
1 entries- crempog noun (thin batter cake)
West Flemish
1 entries- pallulle noun (thin batter cake)
Yiddish
1 entries- בלינצע noun (thin batter cake)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Pancake! We're out of vermicelli!
Source: tatoeba (535462)
Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.
Source: tatoeba (700667)
We ate some Twelfth-Night pancake this afternoon.
Source: tatoeba (1369543)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pancake"?
Closest matches include flapjack, hotcake, griddlecake, alight, battercake.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pancake"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.