Which to use
“flogen” is a verb and “frohen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,567
- “flogen” frequency rank
- #27,729
- “frohen” frequency rank
- 42296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flogen | frohen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fliegen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh |
Where the eye mixes flogen and frohen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flogen and frohen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: flogen vs frohen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: flogen is [floːɡn̩] while frohen is [ˈfʁoːən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flogen is recorded at frequency rank #14,567, classified as averb, pronounced [floːɡn̩]. frohen is at rank #27,729, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːən].
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 42296, this pair ranks #1,453,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flogen vs frohen
Shared letters: efno. Private to "flogen": gl. Private to "frohen": hr.
"flogen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frohen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flogen" for "frohen" ever safe?
Which is more common, "flogen" or "frohen"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "flogen" and "frohen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frohen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,453,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flogen" and "frohen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frohen vs Fröschen". 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 #1,453,789 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.