FlyernvsfoyerWhat's the difference?

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

#49,676
“Flyern” frequency rank
#18,887
“foyer” frequency rank
68563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Flyern foyer
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Flyer Flur, Eingangsbereich, Diele

Where the eye mixes Flyern and foyer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Flyern runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against foyer's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Flyern
5 ch
foyer

Look-alike desk: Flyern vs foyer

A purely visual mix-up. Flyern ([ˈflaɪ̯ɐn]) and foyer ([ˈfɔɪ.eɪ]) 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 68563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Flyern is recorded at frequency rank #49,676, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈflaɪ̯ɐn]. foyer is at rank #18,887, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɔɪ.eɪ].

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 68563, this pair ranks #503,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Flyern vs foyer

Shared letters: efry. Private to "Flyern": ln. Private to "foyer": o.

"Flyern" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "foyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Flyern ← fflyern · fleyrn · fllyern · flyenr · flyernn · flyerrn · flyren · flyyern
  • foyer ← ffoyer · foeyr · foyerr · foyre · foyyer · fyoer · ofyer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Flyern" and "foyer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈflaɪ̯ɐn] versus [ˈfɔɪ.eɪ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Flyern" or "foyer"?
"foyer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,887 in our German list, against #49,676 for "Flyern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Flyern" and "foyer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Flyern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "foyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #503,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Flyern" and "foyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Flyern vs flyers". 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 #503,838 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