Which to use
“Floh” and “foot” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,914
- “Floh” frequency rank
- #34,657
- “foot” frequency rank
- 47571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Floh | foot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | flügelloses Insekt mit flachem Körper, langen Sprungbeinen und Mundwerkzeugen zum Blutsaugen | unterste Teil des Beines; Fuß |
Where the eye mixes Floh and foot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Floh vs foot
A purely visual mix-up. Floh ([floː]) and foot ([fʊt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47571, 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]. foot is at rank #34,657, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fʊt].
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 47571, this pair ranks #1,279,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Floh vs foot
Shared letters: fo. Private to "Floh": hl. Private to "foot": t.
"Floh" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Floh" and "foot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Floh" vs "foot" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Floh" and "foot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Floh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,279,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Floh" and "foot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fist vs foot". 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 #1,279,646 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.