flor
Letters
4 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,831
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
flor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Órgano reproductivo de las angiospermas, caracterizado generalmente por tener vivos colores. Se compone de distintos tipos de hojas especializadas, algunas con función propiamente reproductiva y ot... Pronounced [ˈfloɾ]. It ranks #2,831 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fo and for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfloɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flor is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfloɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,831 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for flor, with forms such as "fflor", "fllor", and "florr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fo", "for", "fox", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is flor, spelled F-L-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Órgano reproductivo de las angiospermas, caracterizado generalmente por tener vivos colores. Se compone de distintos tipos de hojas especializadas, algunas con función propiamente reproductiva y otras que actúan como protectoras de las anteriores o como medio de reclamo para atraer polinizadores.
- 2Por extensión, estructura vegetal semejante a una flor₁, particularmente ciertas clases de inflorescencia (flores reunidas).
- 3Figuradamente, expresión de admiración y halago.
- 4Condición de virgen, que nunca, durante su vida, ha mantenido relaciones sexuales.
- 5Figuradamente, lo mejor de una cosa o lo más selecto de un grupo.
- 6En el juego de truco, situación que se da al tener en la mano tres cartas de un mismo palo.
- 7Manchita blanca que en ocasiones aparece en las uñas.
- 8Pieza móvil o fija, situada al final de una cañería de agua, a través de cuyos agujeros sale el agua de la ducha.
- 9Dulce hecho con un molde para darle una forma de flor, que se prepara con harina, azúcar, leche y huevos y se fríe en aceite.
- 10En las pieles curtida, cara exterior que se pule, opuesta a la cara interior o carnaza.
- 11Hábito o costumbre.
- 12Menstruación.
- 13Fraude cometido en los juegos de naipes.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fflor,fllor,florr,flro,folr,lfor
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Misspelling Variants of "flor"
Frequency rank: #2,831 in Spanish
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