Which to use
“Floh” and “Fluch” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,914
- “Floh” frequency rank
- #9,192
- “Fluch” frequency rank
- 22106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Floh | Fluch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | flügelloses Insekt mit flachem Körper, langen Sprungbeinen und Mundwerkzeugen zum Blutsaugen | (im Zorn) gesagte Verwünschung |
Where the eye mixes Floh and Fluch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Floh vs Fluch
A purely visual mix-up. Floh ([floː]) and Fluch ([fluːx]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22106, 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]. Fluch is at rank #9,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fluːx].
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 22106, this pair ranks #1,878,226 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Floh vs Fluch
Shared letters: fhl. Private to "Floh": o. Private to "Fluch": cu.
"Floh" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Fluch" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Floh" and "Fluch" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Floh" or "Fluch"?
Useful next steps
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 "Fluch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,878,226 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Floh" and "Fluch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleht vs Floh". 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 #1,878,226 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.