Florac

\flɔ.ʁak\

/\flɔ.ʁak\/ name

The verdict

“Florac” is uncommon French (frequency #80,220 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,220
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Lozère intégrée dans la commune de Florac-Trois-Rivières en janvier 2016.

Key facts for Florac
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlorac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\flɔ.ʁak\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Florac” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Florac lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Florac is uncommon French at frequency #80,220 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \flɔ.ʁak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Lozère intégrée dans la commune de Florac-Trois-Rivières en janvier 2016.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Florac, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Florac, spelled F-L-O-R-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Lozère intégrée dans la commune de Florac-Trois-Rivières en janvier 2016.

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 "Florac"?
"Florac" is spelled F-L-O-R-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \flɔ.ʁak\.
What does "Florac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Florac" means: Ville et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Lozère intégrée dans la commune de Florac-Trois-Rivières en janvier 2016.
How do you pronounce "Florac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Florac" is \flɔ.ʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Florac" come from?
"Florac" 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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Using “Florac”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-L-O-R-A-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \flɔ.ʁak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list