Which to use
“floor” and “Flur” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,772
- “floor” frequency rank
- #6,536
- “Flur” frequency rank
- 42308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | floor | Flur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Etage, Stockwerk | Raum zwischen Hauseingang und Treppenhaus oder zwischen Haustür und Wohnbereich |
Where the eye mixes floor and Flur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses floor with Flur
A purely visual mix-up. floor ([flɔː]) and Flur ([fluːɐ̯]) 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 42308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
floor is recorded at frequency rank #35,772, classified as anoun, pronounced [flɔː]. Flur is at rank #6,536, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fluːɐ̯].
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 42308, this pair ranks #1,453,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of floor vs Flur
Shared letters: flr. Private to "floor": o. Private to "Flur": u.
"floor" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "Flur" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "floor" and "Flur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "floor" or "Flur"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "floor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Flur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,453,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "floor" and "Flur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "floor vs Föhr". 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 #1,453,427 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.