As of FreeMarker 2.3.23, you can use camel case instead of
          snake case for directive names, like startsWith
          instead of starts_with. But know that then within
          the same template, FreeMarker will enforce the usage of camel case
          for all identifiers that are part of the template language (user
          defined names are not affected).
- abs
 - absolute_template_name
 - ancestors
 - api
 - boolean
 - byte
 - c for strings, for booleans
 - cap_first
 - capitalize
 - ceiling
 - children
 - chop_linebreak
 - chunk
 - contains
 - counter
 - date for dates, for strings
 - date_if_unknown
 - datetime for dates, for strings
 - datetime_if_unknown
 - double
 - drop_while
 - esc
 - ends_with
 - ensure_ends_with
 - ensure_starts_with
 - eval
 - eval_json
 - filter
 - first
 - floor
 - groups
 - float
 - has_api
 - has_content
 - has_next
 - html
 - index
 - index_of
 - int
 - interpret
 - item_cycle
 - item_parity
 - item_parity_cap
 - is_even_item
 - is_first
 - is_infinite
 - is_last
 - is_nan
 - is_odd_item
 - is_type
 - iso, iso_...
 - j_string
 - join
 - js_string
 - keep_after
 - keep_after_last
 - keep_before
 - keep_before_last
 - keys
 - last
 - last_index_of
 - left_pad
 - length
 - long
 - lower_abc
 - lower_case
 - map
 - markup_string
 - matches
 - max
 - min
 - namespace
 - new
 - next_sibling
 - no_esc
 - node_namespace
 - node_name
 - node_type
 - number
 - number_to_date, number_to_datetime, number_to_time
 - parent
 - previous_sibling
 - replace
 - remove_beginning
 - remove_ending
 - reverse
 - right_pad
 - round
 - root
 - rtf
 - short
 - size
 - sort
 - seq_contains
 - seq_index_of
 - seq_last_index_of
 - sequence
 - sort_by
 - split
 - starts_with
 - string: for strings, for numbers, for booleans, for date/time/date-time
 - substring (deprecated)
 - switch
 - take_while
 - then
 - time for date/time/date-time, for strings
 - time_if_unknown
 - trim
 - truncate, truncate_...
 - uncap_first
 - upper_abc
 - upper_case
 - url
 - values
 - with_args
 - with_args_last
 - word_list
 - xhtml
 - xml
 
See the built-ins filtered by left-hand-value type here.
If you don't find a built-in here that you have seen in a working template, probably you will find it here: Deprecated FTL constructs
