FlohvsFlorWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Floh” and “Flor” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,914
“Floh” frequency rank
#39,343
“Flor” frequency rank
52257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Floh Flor
Definition flügelloses Insekt mit flachem Körper, langen Sprungbeinen und Mundwerkzeugen zum Blutsaugen Fülle an Blüten

Where the eye mixes Floh and Flor

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

4 ch
Floh
4 ch
Flor

Visual trap between Floh and Flor

A purely visual mix-up. Floh ([floː]) and Flor ([floːɐ̯]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - h in “Floh” becomes r in “Flor”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Floh is recorded at frequency rank #12,914, classified as anoun, pronounced [floː]. Flor is at rank #39,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced [floːɐ̯].

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 52257, this pair ranks #1,103,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Floh vs Flor

Shared letters: flo. Private to "Floh": h. Private to "Flor": r.

"Floh" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Flor" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Flohffloh · flho · flloh · flohh · folh · lfoh
  • Florfflor · fllor · florr · flro · folr · lfor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Floh" for "Flor" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([floː] versus [floːɐ̯]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Floh" vs "Flor" - which ranks higher?
"Floh" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,914 in our German list, against #39,343 for "Flor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Floh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Flor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,103,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Floh" and "Flor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Flor vs Flure". 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 #1,103,895 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