flore
\flɔʁ\
The verdict
“flore” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,392
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des plantes d’un pays, d’une région, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flore · flore · French
flore · rank #8,392 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,392
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH familier
Nearest frequency peer: familier (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flore”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- envoient
envoient
91,613 corpus weight
- essentielles
essentielles
91,612 corpus weight
- expliquant
expliquant
91,611 corpus weight
- familier
familier
91,610 corpus weight
- flore
flore
91,609 corpus weight
- fragiles
fragiles
91,607 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flore” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “flore” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around flore (IPA \flɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,392 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for flore, with forms such as "fflore", "fllore", and "floer". 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", "fort", "ford", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is flore, spelled F-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des plantes d’un pays, d’une région, etc.
- 2Livre contenant la description des plantes qui croissent naturellement dans un territoire géographique donné.
- 3Décor sculpté qui figure des plantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant ces excursions, la flore du pays avait été observée avec autant d'attention que la faune. Mais les végétaux étaient nécessairement moins variés que les animaux, […].
Heureusement que la flore de l'île vint à mon secours et me fourni les principaux élémens de ma matière médicale.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflore
- fllore
- floer
- florre
- flroe
- folre
- lfore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flore - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flore", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "flore" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "for". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,392 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.