# fluency

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfluːənsi/ · frequency rank #28,208

## Definitions
1. The quality of smoothness of flow.
2. The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.
3. The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes

## Etymology
From Late Latin fluentia. Cognate with French fluence.

## Easily confused with
- **fluent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fluency-vs-fluent)
- **fluently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fluency-vs-fluently)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffluency`, `fleuncy`, `flluency`, `fluecny`, `fluenccy`, `fluencyy`, `fluenncy`, `fluenyc`, `flunecy`, `fulency`, `lfuency`

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