FlurevsfürsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Flure is a noun, fürs is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Flure” is a noun and “fürs” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,150
“Flure” frequency rank
#1,292
“fürs” frequency rank
49442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Flure fürs
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Flur für das

Where the eye mixes Flure and fürs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Flure runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against fürs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Flure
4 ch
fürs

Why the eye confuses Flure with fürs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Flure is [ˈfluːʁə] while fürs is [fyːɐ̯s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs abbrev), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Flure is recorded at frequency rank #48,150, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfluːʁə]. fürs is at rank #1,292, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [fyːɐ̯s].

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 49442, this pair ranks #1,211,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Flure vs fürs

Shared letters: fr. Private to "Flure": elu. Private to "fürs": sü.

"Flure" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "fürs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Flure ← fflure · fllure · flrue · fluer · flurre · fulre · lfure

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Flure" and "fürs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Flure" is a noun and "fürs" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Flure" or "fürs"?
"fürs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,292 in our German list, against #48,150 for "Flure". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Flure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fürs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,211,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Flure" and "fürs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flügge 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 #1,211,372 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