# flora

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɔː.ɹə/ · frequency rank #11,212

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-for)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-fra)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-form)
- **flow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-flow)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-ford)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-fort)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-fork)
- **FOIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-foia)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-fora)
- **flows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-flows)
- **flour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-flour)
- **flown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-flown)
- **Floyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-floyd)
- **floss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-floss)
- **foray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-foray)
- **floral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-floral)
- **Flores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-flores)
- **Florida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-florida)
- **Florian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-florian)
- **FLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fla-vs-flora)

## Common misspellings (7)
`fflora`, `fllora`, `floar`, `florra`, `flroa`, `folra`, `lfora`

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