# florist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɒɹɪst/ · frequency rank #28,552

## Definitions
1. A person who sells flowers.
2. A person who cultivates flowers.
3. A person who studies or writes about flowers.
4. A florist's shop.

## Etymology
From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **forest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florist-vs-forest)
- **flourish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florist-vs-flourish)
- **Flores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flores-vs-florist)
- **Florida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florida-vs-florist)
- **Florian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florian-vs-florist)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fflorist`, `fllorist`, `floirst`, `florisst`, `floristt`, `florits`, `florrist`, `florsit`, `flroist`, `folrist`, `lforist`

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