flocon

\flɔ.kɔ̃\

/\flɔ.kɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“flocon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,395
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite touffe, amas léger de neige, de laine, de soie, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flocon · flocon · French

flocon · rank #36,395 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,395
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finirais

Nearest frequency peer: finirais (-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 « flocon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flocon » 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).

flocon vs flood
67% similar
flocon vs floor
67% similar
flocon vs florin
67% similar

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

Key facts for flocon
PropertyValue
Headwordflocon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɔ.kɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,395
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flocon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.floconse 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 « finirais » (#36,394), « flood » (#36,396), « finch » (#36,393). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flocon » est au #36,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around flocon (IPA \flɔ.kɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,395 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flocon, with forms such as "fflocon", "flcoon", and "fllocon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "flood", "floor", "florin", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is flocon, spelled F-L-O-C-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite touffe, amas léger de neige, de laine, de soie, etc.
  2. 2
    Petite lamelle de céréales séchées.
  3. 3
    Épreuve technique sanctionnant un niveau élémentaire de ski alpin, destinée aux enfants et organisée par l'école de ski français.
  4. 4
    Insigne métallique en forme de flocon, donné aux détenteurs de ce niveau.
  5. 5
    Terme jamais utilisé seul dans un blasonnement. Voir flocon de neige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Souvent on voit la partie inférieure du nuage s’effranger en averses pour inonder de pluie les pentes basses, tandis que plus haut les vapeurs plus froides se déchargent de flocons de neige.
  2. Les brebis s’en vont dans la neige Flocons de laine et ceux d’argent Des soldats passent et que n’ai-je Un cœur à moi ce cœur changeant Changeant et puis encore que sais-je.

This word in other languages

flake(English)copo(Español)Flocke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflocon
  • flcoon
  • fllocon
  • floccon
  • flocno
  • floconn
  • floocn
  • folcon
  • lfocon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fflocon1flcoon2fllocon1floccon1flocno2floconn1floocn2folcon2
Edit distance from "flocon"

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 "flocon"?
"flocon" is spelled F-L-O-C-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \flɔ.kɔ̃\.
What does "flocon" mean?
As a noun, "flocon" means: Petite touffe, amas léger de neige, de laine, de soie, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "flocon"?
"flocon" is commonly confused with "flood", "floor", "florin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flocon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flocon" is \flɔ.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flocon" come from?
"flocon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

filait#36,391fastes#36,387Eusèbe#36,378Gregor#36,421

Similar misspelling depth

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

foutoir9 variantsfeature9 variantsfrappez9 variantsGroulx9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list