floret
/fləˈɹɛt/noun
floret is spelled F-L-O-R-E-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, floret means “A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of floret is florets.
How many letters and syllables are in floret?
| Letters | 6: F-L-O-R-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is floret?
Floret appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 floret?
- /fləˈɹɛt/
- /floˈɹɛt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-floret.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of floret
- florets plural
- florette
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does floret mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Floret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small flower:
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 floret come from?
From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).