# flock

> English word · Noun · IPA /flɒk/ · frequency rank #11,384

## Definitions
1. A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
2. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
3. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
4. A large number of people.
5. A religious congregation.

## Etymology
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.

## Easily confused with
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-fuck)
- **flow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flow)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-folk)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-fork)
- **flop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flop)
- **flor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flor)
- **flog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flog)
- **floor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-floor)
- **flood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flood)
- **flows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flows)
- **flour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flour)
- **flown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flown)
- **Floyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-floyd)
- **flora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flora)
- **FLOPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flops)
- **floss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-floss)
- **frick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-frick)
- **frock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-frock)
- **flocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flocks)
- **flocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-flocked)

## Common misspellings (8)
`fflock`, `flcok`, `fllock`, `flocck`, `flockk`, `flokc`, `folck`, `lfock`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flock