flores

\flɔʁ\

/\flɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“flores” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,776
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de flore.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flores · flores · French

flores · rank #29,776 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,776
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flight

Nearest frequency peer: flight (-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 « flores »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flores » 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).

flores vs forêt
50% similar
flores vs forts
67% similar
flores vs flots
67% similar

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

Key facts for flores
PropertyValue
Headwordflores
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,776
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flores »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).floresse 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 « flight » (#29,775), « fluvial » (#29,777), « forcené » (#29,778). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flores » est au #29,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around flores (IPA \flɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,776 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de flore.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flores, with forms such as "fflores", "fllores", and "floers". 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, "forêt", "forts", "flots", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is flores, spelled F-L-O-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de flore.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces traitements taxonomiques ont créé la confusion quant à la délimitation de ces taxons et des doutes sont apparus sur la valeur taxonomique du taxon de Montagne, aujourd’hui souvent placé parmi les taxa inquirenda dans les inventaires et les flores.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflores
  • fllores
  • floers
  • floress
  • florres
  • florse
  • flroes
  • folres
  • lfores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fflores1fllores1floers2floress1florres1florse2flroes2folres2
Edit distance from "flores"

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

Same letter count

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

flight#29,775fouler#29,779facial#29,770félins#29,785

Similar misspelling depth

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

gascon9 variantsenfouis9 variantsCotonou9 variantslapsus9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list