fleurir

\flœ.ʁiʁ\

/\flœ.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“fleurir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,593
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produire des fleurs, se couvrir de fleurs, ou être en fleurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fleurir · fleurir · French

fleurir · rank #24,593 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,593
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH figuraient

Nearest frequency peer: figuraient (-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 « fleurir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fleurir » 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).

fleurir vs fleurs
71% similar
fleurir vs Fleury
57% similar
fleurir vs fleuron
71% similar

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

Key facts for fleurir
PropertyValue
Headwordfleurir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\flœ.ʁiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,593
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fleurir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fleurirse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « figuraient » (#24,592), « flexibles » (#24,594), « feutre » (#24,591). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fleurir » est au #24,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fleurir (IPA \flœ.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,593 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fleurir, with forms such as "felurir", "ffleurir", and "fleruir". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fleurs", "Fleury", "fleuron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fleurir, spelled F-L-E-U-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produire des fleurs, se couvrir de fleurs, ou être en fleurs.
  2. 2
    Être dans un état de prospérité, de splendeur ; être en crédit, en honneur, en réputation.
  3. 3
    Se développer, apparaître.
  4. 4
    Parer d’une fleur, d’un bouquet.
  5. 5
    Orner.
  6. 6
    Prendre des fleurs pour en faire un bouquet ou pour s’en parer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon Dieu, mon Dieu ! quand on vient des pays où fleurit l’oranger, où trillent les cigales saoulées de soleil, comment se plaire ici ?
  2. C’était un soir de mai. Les marronniers venaient de fleurir devant la mairie. On guettait les asperges dans les jardins.

This word in other languages

bloom(English)florecer(Español)blühen(Deutsch)florir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • felurir
  • ffleurir
  • fleruir
  • fleuirr
  • fleurirr
  • fleurrir
  • flleurir
  • fluerir
  • lfeurir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fleurir - 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.

felurir2ffleurir1fleruir2fleuirr2fleurirr1fleurrir1flleurir1fluerir2
Edit distance from "fleurir"

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 "fleurir"?
"fleurir" is spelled F-L-E-U-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \flœ.ʁiʁ\.
What does "fleurir" mean?
As a verb, "fleurir" means: Produire des fleurs, se couvrir de fleurs, ou être en fleurs.
What words are commonly confused with "fleurir"?
"fleurir" is commonly confused with "fleurs", "Fleury", "fleuron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fleurir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleurir" is \flœ.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleurir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

funeste#24,602fédérer#24,605détours#24,566déporté#24,562

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fumant9 variantsharbor9 variantsDelmas9 variantscruels9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list