Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fl

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: fl
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of foreign language.

noun

Abbreviation of flight level.

noun

Abbreviation of French letter.

Slang

noun

Abbreviation of female lead.

Slang

name

Abbreviation of Florida: a state of the United States.

name

Abbreviation of Flevoland: a province of the Netherlands.

adj

Initialism of flush left.

name

Abbreviation of Florida; Alternative form of FL.

Example Sentences

"‘Well, what did he recommend? Those effells are a pain in the neck, only for bachelors.’"
"Used and discarded Fls–French letters–floated in the slime, little opaque vessels carrying human seed into oblivion."
"You could buy FLs quietly in chemists' shops and often in barber shops."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

FLs (plural) effell (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ML

Synonyms

FML flerovium

Questions

What does fl mean?: Abbreviation of foreign language.

How to pronounce fl

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