flúor

/[ˈfluoɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,333

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

flúor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elemento químico de número atómico 9 situado en el grupo de los halógenos (grupo 17) de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es F. Es un gas a temperatura ambiente, de color amarillo pál... Pronounced [ˈfluoɾ]. Often confused with for and für.

Key facts for flúor
PropertyValue
Headwordflúor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfluoɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,333
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flúor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for flúor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfluoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,333 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Elemento químico de número atómico 9 situado en el grupo de los halógenos (grupo 17) de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es F. Es un gas a temperatura ambiente, de color amarillo pál...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for flúor, with forms such as "fflúor", "fllúor", and "floúr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "für", "four", 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 flúor, spelled F-L-Ú-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento químico de número atómico 9 situado en el grupo de los halógenos (grupo 17) de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es F. Es un gas a temperatura ambiente, de color amarillo pálido, formado por moléculas diatómicas F2. Es el más electronegativo y reactivo de todos los elementos. En forma pura es altamente peligroso, causando graves quemaduras químicas en contacto con la piel.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fflúor,fllúor,floúr,flúorr,flúro,fúlor,lfúor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flúor

Misspelling Variants of "flúor"

fflúor6fllúor6floúr5flúorr6flúro5fúlor5lfúor5
Misspelling Variants of "flúor"

Frequency rank: #45,333 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flúor"?
"flúor" is spelled F-L-Ú-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfluoɾ].
What does "flúor" mean?
As a noun, "flúor" means: Elemento químico de número atómico 9 situado en el grupo de los halógenos (grupo 17) de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es F. Es un gas a temperatura ambiente, de color amarillo pál...
What words are commonly confused with "flúor"?
"flúor" is commonly confused with "for", "für", "four". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flúor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flúor" is [ˈfluoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flúor" come from?
"flúor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.