flood

\flud\

/\flud\/ noun

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The verdict

“flood” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,396
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envoi massif de messages sur une messagerie instantanée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flood · flood · French

flood · rank #36,396 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,396
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flocon

Nearest frequency peer: flocon (-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 « flood »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flood » 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).

flood vs foo
60% similar
flood vs fond
60% similar
flood vs foot
60% similar

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

Key facts for flood
PropertyValue
Headwordflood
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flud\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,396
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flood »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.floodse 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 « flocon » (#36,395), « finirais » (#36,394), « Fouad » (#36,398). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flood » est au #36,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around flood (IPA \flud\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,396 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Envoi massif de messages sur une messagerie instantanée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flood, with forms such as "fflood", "fllood", and "flod". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foo", "fond", "foot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is flood, spelled F-L-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envoi massif de messages sur une messagerie instantanée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sur les forums, l’action — le plus souvent réalisée en équipe — qui consiste à remplir entièrement la première page de la liste des sujets de topics à trois lignes; ceci à l'aide de pseudonymes longs déformant cette liste, constitue du flood.

Synonyms

inondation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflood
  • fllood
  • flod
  • flodo
  • floodd
  • folod
  • lfood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flood - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fflood1fllood1flod1flodo2floodd1folod2lfood2
Edit distance from "flood"

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 "flood"?
"flood" is spelled F-L-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is \flud\.
What does "flood" mean?
As a noun, "flood" means: Envoi massif de messages sur une messagerie instantanée.
What words are commonly confused with "flood"?
"flood" is commonly confused with "foo", "fond", "foot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flood" is \flud\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flood" come from?
"flood" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fouad#36,398finch#36,393Essec#36,377gravi#36,420

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

deals7 variantscuirs7 variantskodak7 variantslaids7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list