microflora
noun
microflora is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-L-O-R-A: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microflora means “Microscopic life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microflora is microflorae.
How many letters and syllables are in microflora?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-F-L-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 microflora?
Microflora appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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).
Forms of microflora
- microflorae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microflora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Microscopic life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microflora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense microscopic plant life:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microflore |
| German | Mikroflora |
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 microflora come from?
From micro- + flora.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).