Which to use
“flying” is a verb and “lemon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,936
- “flying” frequency rank
- #32,151
- “lemon” frequency rank
- 56087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flying | lemon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fly | Zitrone |
Letter map: flying vs lemon
Shared letters muted; letters that set flying and lemon apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. flying runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against lemon's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for flying / lemon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flying is averb and lemonanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flying is recorded at frequency rank #23,936, classified as averb, pronounced […]. lemon is at rank #32,151, 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 56087, this pair ranks #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flying vs lemon
Shared letters: ln. Private to "flying": fgiy. Private to "lemon": emo.
"flying" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flying" for "lemon" ever safe?
Frequency check: "flying" vs "lemon" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "flying" and "lemon". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "flying" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lemon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flying" and "lemon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lemon 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 #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.