flyersvsfoyerTell them apart

Quick tell: flyers is a verb, foyer is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“flyers” is a verb and “foyer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,493
“flyers” frequency rank
#18,887
“foyer” frequency rank
61380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flyers foyer
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flyer Flur, Eingangsbereich, Diele

Letter map: flyers vs foyer

Shared letters muted; letters that set flyers and foyer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. flyers 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
flyers
5 ch
foyer

Role in the sentence - flyers and foyer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flyers is averb and foyeranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flyers is recorded at frequency rank #42,493, classified as averb, pronounced […]. 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 61380, this pair ranks #752,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flyers vs foyer

Shared letters: efry. Private to "flyers": ls. Private to "foyer": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flyers ← fflyers · fleyrs · fllyers · flyerrs · flyerss · flyesr · flyres · flyyers
  • foyer ← ffoyer · foeyr · foyerr · foyre · foyyer · fyoer · ofyer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "flyers" for "foyer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flyers" is a verb and "foyer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "flyers" or "foyer"?
"foyer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,887 in our German list, against #42,493 for "flyers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "flyers" and "foyer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "flyers" 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 #752,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flyers" and "foyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flyers vs puzzles". 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 #752,042 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