phlox
/flɑks/noun
phlox is a noun meaning “Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-L-O-X, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of phlox is phloxes.
What does phlox mean?
noun
- 1
Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce phlox?
- UK /flɒks/
- US /flɑks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-phlox.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phlox
- phloxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phlox?
Phlox appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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).
Words people confuse with phlox
Sounds like: flox (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Phlox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of genus Phlox:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | phlox |
| German | Flammenblume, Phlox |
| Spanish | flox |
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 phlox come from?
From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).