Flow chart or flowchart?
flow chart is a noun meaning “A schematic representation of how the different stages in a process are…”; flowchart is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of flow chart”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. flow chart is written as two words and flowchart as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between flow chart and flowchart?
| flow chart | flowchart | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A schematic representation of how the different stages in a process are interconnected | Alternative spelling of flow chart |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | flowcharts |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: flow chart and flowchart in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of flow chart and flowchart
flow chart
- 1
A schematic representation of how the different stages in a process are interconnected
flowchart
- 1
Alternative spelling of flow chart
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, flow chart or flowchart?
flow chart is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; flowchart about once in every 3 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search flow chart vs flowchart?
“flow chart vs flowchart” is searched about 140 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“flowchart vs flow chart”, “flow chart or flowchart”).
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