Which to use
“fear” and “Flur” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,122
- “fear” frequency rank
- #6,536
- “Flur” frequency rank
- 35658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fear | Flur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (die Emotion) Furcht | Raum zwischen Hauseingang und Treppenhaus oder zwischen Haustür und Wohnbereich |
Where the eye mixes fear and Flur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fear vs Flur
A purely visual mix-up. fear ([fɪə]) and Flur ([fluːɐ̯]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fear is recorded at frequency rank #29,122, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɪə]. Flur is at rank #6,536, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fluːɐ̯].
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 35658, this pair ranks #1,634,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fear vs Flur
Shared letters: fr. Private to "fear": ae. Private to "Flur": lu.
"fear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Flur" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fear" for "Flur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fear" vs "Flur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fear" and "Flur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Flur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,634,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fear" and "Flur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fear vs ferry". 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 #1,634,697 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.