fl

Other forms of fl

plural

fls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fl

What does fl mean?

fl means "a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War".

How many syllables are in fl?

fl has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fl?

Close synonyms include Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, Fla.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fl a common word?

fl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.