flyingvshazardWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#23,936
“flying” frequency rank
#31,602
“hazard” frequency rank
55538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flying hazard
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fly Gefahrenmoment

Letter map: flying vs hazard

Shared letters muted; letters that set flying and hazard apart highlighted. No shared letter run. flying (CCVVCC) and hazard (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
flying
6 ch
hazard

Grammar separator: flying vs hazard

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flying is averb and hazardanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flying is recorded at frequency rank #23,936, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hazard is at rank #31,602, 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 55538, this pair ranks #975,674 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flying vs hazard

Shared letters: none. Private to "flying": fgilny. Private to "hazard": adhrz.

"flying" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "hazard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flying ← fflying · fliyng · fllying · flyign · flyingg · flyinng · flynig · flyying
  • hazard ← ahzard · haazrd · hazadr · hazardd · hazarrd · hazrad · hazzard · hhazard

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "flying" and "hazard" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flying" is a verb and "hazard" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "flying" or "hazard" show up more?
"flying" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,936 in our German list, against #31,602 for "hazard". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "flying" vs "hazard" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "flying" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hazard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #975,674 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flying" and "hazard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hazard 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 #975,674 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