flint vs flying, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#35,184
“flint” frequency rank: #23,936
“flying” frequency rank: 59120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	flint	flying
Definition	Flintglas	Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fly

Letter map: flint vs flying

Shared letters muted; letters that set flint and flying apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

flint

6 ch

flying

Grammar separator: flint vs flying

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flint is anoun and flyingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flint is recorded at frequency rank #35,184, classified as anoun, pronounced [flint]. flying is at rank #23,936, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 59120, this pair ranks #836,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flint vs flying

Shared letters: filn. Private to "flint": t. Private to "flying": gy.

"flint" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "flying" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

flint ← fflint · filnt · flinnt · flintt · flitn · fllint · flnit · lfint
flying ← fflying · fliyng · fllying · flyign · flyingg · flyinng · flynig · flyying

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "flint" and "flying" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flint" is a noun and "flying" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "flint" or "flying" show up more?

"flying" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,936 in our German list, against #35,184 for "flint". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "flint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "flying" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #836,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"flint" and "flying" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fist vs flint". 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 #836,539 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.