flocculent
/ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/adjective, noun
flocculent is an adjective meaning “Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-O-C-C-U-L-E-N-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flocculent mean?
adjective
- 1
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
- 2
Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
- 3
Flaky.
noun
- 1
diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flocculent?
- UK /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/
- US /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/
Flocculent has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flocculent.ogg, En-au-flocculent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flocculent
- more flocculent comparative
- most flocculent superlative
- flocculents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flocculent?
Flocculent appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flocculent come from?
From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).