# FLOPS

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,600

## Definitions
1. One flop per second.

## Etymology
An acronym for floating-point operations per second.

## Easily confused with
- **flow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flow)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-foes)
- **FOSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-foss)
- **flor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flor)
- **foods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-foods)
- **flows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flows)
- **flour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flour)
- **fools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-fools)
- **flown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flown)
- **Floyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-floyd)
- **flora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flora)
- **floss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-floss)
- **Flores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flops-vs-flores)
- **Flo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flo-vs-flops)
- **flip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flip-vs-flops)
- **flop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-flops)
- **flap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flap-vs-flops)
- **flog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flog-vs-flops)
- **floor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floor-vs-flops)
- **flood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flood-vs-flops)

## Common misspellings (8)
`fflops`, `fllops`, `flopps`, `flopss`, `flosp`, `flpos`, `folps`, `lfops`

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