flúor
[ˈfluoɾ]
The verdict
“flúor” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,333 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,333
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flúor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfluoɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flúor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flúor is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flúor, with forms such as "fflúor", "fllúor", and "floúr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is flúor, spelled F-L-Ú-O-R.
Definition
- 1Elemento 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fflúor,fllúor,floúr,flúorr,flúro,fúlor,lfúor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flúor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “flúor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-Ú-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfluoɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “for” - see the side-by-side comparison. flúor vs for
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.