While they are similar, in that both are rolled up with a meat or cheese filling and fried, they have distinct differences. Flautas are made with larger flour tortillas and end up long and skinny, like the flutes they are named for. While taquitos are made with corn tortillas, and are shorter and sometimes a little flatter. A taquito is known as a rolled taco or small taco, while flauta is Spanish for "flute."