flock
\flɔk\
The verdict
“flock” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brin de laine ou de fil très fin utilisé pour le flocage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flock · flock · French
flock · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flock |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɔk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « flock » en français
Rare enough to double-check
flock is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brin de laine ou de fil très fin utilisé pour le flocage.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for flock, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flock, spelled F-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Brin de laine ou de fil très fin utilisé pour le flocage.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.