fleuri

\flœ.ʁi\

/\flœ.ʁi\/ adj

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The verdict

“fleuri” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,449
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est couvert de fleurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fleuri · fleuri · French

fleuri · rank #20,449 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,449
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fissure

Nearest frequency peer: fissure (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fleuri »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fleuri » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fleuri vs flour
67% similar
fleuri vs fleurs
83% similar
fleuri vs fleuve
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fleuri
PropertyValue
Headwordfleuri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\flœ.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,449
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fleuri »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fleurise place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fissure » (#20,448), « fermetures » (#20,447), « Freddie » (#20,451). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fleuri » est au #20,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fleuri (IPA \flœ.ʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,449 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fleuri, with forms such as "feluri", "ffleuri", and "flerui". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "flour", "fleurs", "fleuve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fleuri, spelled F-L-E-U-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est couvert de fleurs.
  2. 2
    Qui est caractérisé par la floraison.
  3. 3
    Qui a de la fraîcheur, de l’éclat.
  4. 4
    Où les ornements sont prodigués.
  5. 5
    Empli de grossièretés
  6. 6
    Qui bourgeonne, qui s’est bien, complétement développé.
  7. 7
    Qualifie un type du style gothique particulièrement ciselé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fleuri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un ravissant cimetière, tout gai, tout ensoleillé, tout fleuri de clématites et de roses entoure l’église ; […].
  2. Nous suivons toujours la route qui nous avait menés à Sokhrat Ed-Djeja, il y a près d’un mois. Mais la campagne, verte et fleurie, est infiniment plus jolie qu’alors.

Synonyms

florescent

This word in other languages

flowery(English)blumenbedeckt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feluri
  • ffleuri
  • flerui
  • fleuir
  • fleurri
  • flleuri
  • flueri
  • lfeuri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fleuri - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

feluri2ffleuri1flerui2fleuir2fleurri1flleuri1flueri2lfeuri2
Edit distance from "fleuri"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fleuri"?
"fleuri" is spelled F-L-E-U-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \flœ.ʁi\.
What does "fleuri" mean?
As an adjective, "fleuri" means: Qui est couvert de fleurs.
What words are commonly confused with "fleuri"?
"fleuri" is commonly confused with "flour", "fleurs", "fleuve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fleuri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleuri" is \flœ.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleuri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fleuri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

extase#20,443Giraud#20,455Godard#20,456gratos#20,458

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fissure8 variantsFreddie8 variantsmoisson8 variantscocotte8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list