flehtvsFlutWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fleht is a verb, Flut is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fleht” is a verb and “Flut” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,648
“fleht” frequency rank
#10,084
“Flut” frequency rank
56732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fleht Flut
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen der (in den meisten Teilen der Welt) zwei Mal tägliche Zeitraum des Wasserauflaufes an den Küsten der Weltmeere

Where the eye mixes fleht and Flut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
fleht
4 ch
Flut

Look-alike desk: fleht vs Flut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fleht is [fleːt] while Flut is [fluːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fleht is recorded at frequency rank #46,648, classified as averb, pronounced [fleːt]. Flut is at rank #10,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fluːt].

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 56732, this pair ranks #928,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fleht vs Flut

Shared letters: flt. Private to "fleht": eh. Private to "Flut": u.

"fleht" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Flut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flehtffleht · flehht · flehtt · fleth · flhet · flleht · lfeht
  • Flutfflut · fllut · fltu · flutt · fult

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fleht" and "Flut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fleht" is a verb and "Flut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fleht" or "Flut" show up more?
"Flut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,084 in our German list, against #46,648 for "fleht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fleht" and "Flut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fleht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Flut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #928,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fleht" and "Flut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Filet vs fleht". 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 #928,784 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list