FlöhevsflowerWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#39,346
“Flöhe” frequency rank
#32,525
“flower” frequency rank
71871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Flöhe flower
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Floh Blume

Letter map: Flöhe vs flower

Shared letters muted; letters that set Flöhe and flower apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Flöhe runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against flower's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Flöhe
6 ch
flower

Corpus notes: Flöhe and flower

Flöhe and flower are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Flöhe is recorded at frequency rank #39,346, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfløːə]. flower is at rank #32,525, tagged as anoun, 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 71871, this pair ranks #404,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Flöhe vs flower

Shared letters: efl. Private to "Flöhe": hö. Private to "flower": orw.

"Flöhe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "flower" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flower ← fflower · fllower · floewr · flowerr · flowre · flowwer · flwoer · folwer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Flöhe" for "flower" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Flöhe" or "flower"?
"flower" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,525 in our German list, against #39,346 for "Flöhe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Flöhe" vs "flower" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Flöhe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "flower" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #404,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Flöhe" and "flower" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Flöhe 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 #404,440 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