flora
/ˈflɔː.ɹə/noun
flora is spelled F-L-O-R-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flora means “Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flora is floras or florae.
How many letters and syllables are in flora?
| Letters | 5: F-L-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is flora?
Flora appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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).
How do you pronounce flora?
- /ˈflɔː.ɹə/
Flora has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flora.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flora
- floras plural
- florae plural
- floræ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- 2
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- 3
The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
gut flora, intestinal flora
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flore , flore intestinale |
| German | Flora, Pflanzenreich, Pflanzenwelt |
| Portuguese | flora |
| Spanish | flora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flora come from?
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).