phlox
\flɔks\
The verdict
“phlox” is uncommon French (frequency #92,043 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,043
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de Polémoniacées, originaire de l’Asie et de l’Amérique septentrionales, à fleurs violettes, purpurines ou blanches, qui sont cultivées comme plantes d’agrément.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phlox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɔks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “phlox” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
phlox is uncommon French at frequency #92,043 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de Polémoniacées, originaire de l’Asie et de l’Amérique septentrionales, à fleurs violettes, purpurines ou blanches, qui sont cultivées comme plantes d’agrément.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for phlox, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is phlox, spelled P-H-L-O-X.
Definition
- 1Genre de Polémoniacées, originaire de l’Asie et de l’Amérique septentrionales, à fleurs violettes, purpurines ou blanches, qui sont cultivées comme plantes d’agrément.
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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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Using “phlox”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-H-L-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flɔks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.