Which to use
“flot” and “flots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,221
- “flot” frequency rank
- #15,882
- “flots” frequency rank
- 27103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flot | flots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masse liquide en mouvement. | Pluriel de flot. |
Same sound, different letters: flot vs flots
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: flot vs flots
This is the hard kind. flot and flots are pronounced identically (\flo\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “flot” sits inside “flots”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flot is recorded at frequency rank #11,221, classified as anoun, pronounced \flo\. flots is at rank #15,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27103, this pair ranks #331,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flot vs flots
Shared letters: flot. Private to "flot": -. Private to "flots": s.
"flot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "flots" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flot" for "flots" ever safe?
Which is more common, "flot" or "flots"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "flot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flot" and "flots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flots vs flour". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #331,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.