# flume

> English word · Noun · IPA /fluːm/ · frequency rank #36,562

## Definitions
1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.

## Etymology
From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).

## Easily confused with
- **fuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-fuse)
- **flux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-flux)
- **fume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-fume)
- **frame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-frame)
- **flush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-flush)
- **flute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-flute)
- **fumes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-fumes)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-flung)
- **Frome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-frome)
- **flutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-flutes)
- **fluted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flume-vs-fluted)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flu-vs-flume)
- **fame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fame-vs-flume)
- **flee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flee-vs-flume)
- **flue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flue-vs-flume)
- **fluid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fluid-vs-flume)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flame-vs-flume)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flare-vs-flume)
- **flake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flake-vs-flume)
- **fluff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fluff-vs-flume)

## Common misspellings (7)
`fflume`, `fllume`, `flmue`, `fluem`, `flumme`, `fulme`, `lfume`

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