Flora

\flɔ.ʁa\

/\flɔ.ʁa\/ name

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The verdict

“Flora” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,288
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flora · Flora · French

Flora · rank #19,288 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,288
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finn

Nearest frequency peer: finn (-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 « Flora »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Flora » 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).

Flora vs for
40% similar
Flora vs fra
40% similar
Flora vs fort
40% similar

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

Key facts for Flora
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlora
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\flɔ.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,288
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Flora »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Florase 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 « finn » (#19,287), « fonda » (#19,289), « familiers » (#19,286). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Flora » est au #19,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Flora (IPA \flɔ.ʁa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,288 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Flora, with forms such as "fflora", "fllora", and "floar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fra", "fort", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Flora, spelled F-L-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Peu avant onze heures, Flora, suivie de la grosse infirmière blonde, entra dans la chambre pour préparer et prémédiquer Carlotta.
  2. En cause, entre autres, « les périodes de répression et de stigmatisation » vécues par les personnes âgées de la communauté queer, d’après Flora Bolter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflora
  • fllora
  • floar
  • florra
  • flroa
  • folra
  • lfora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fflora1fllora1floar2florra1flroa2folra2lfora2
Edit distance from "Flora"

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 "Flora"?
"Flora" is spelled F-L-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \flɔ.ʁa\.
What does "Flora" mean?
As a proper noun, "Flora" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Flora"?
"Flora" is commonly confused with "for", "fra", "fort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Flora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flora" is \flɔ.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flora" come from?
"Flora" 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 "Flora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fonda#19,289fœtus#19,296dorés#19,260cygne#19,252

Similar misspelling depth

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

jihad7 variantsKyoto7 variantsburns7 variantsbrive7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list