flash

[flɛʃ]

/[flɛʃ]/ verb

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The verdict

“flash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,560
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flashen

Corpus desk

Index DE-flash · flash · German

flash · rank #8,560 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,560
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH festzustellen

Nearest frequency peer: festzustellen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „flash“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „flash“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flash vs flat
60% similar
flash vs Floh
40% similar
flash vs Fluss
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flash
PropertyValue
Headwordflash
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[flɛʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,560
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „flash“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).flashliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „festzustellen“ (#8,559), „Flensburg“ (#8,561), „Fehlern“ (#8,558). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flash“ bei #8,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around flash (IPA [flɛʃ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,560 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flashen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for flash, with forms such as "falsh", "fflash", and "flahs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "flat", "Floh", "Fluss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is flash, spelled F-L-A-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flashen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • falsh
  • fflash
  • flahs
  • flashh
  • flassh
  • fllash
  • flsah
  • lfash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flash - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

falsh2fflash1flahs2flashh1flassh1fllash1flsah2lfash2
Edit distance from "flash"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flash"?
"flash" is spelled F-L-A-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [flɛʃ].
What does "flash" mean?
As a verb, "flash" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flashen
What words are commonly confused with "flash"?
"flash" is commonly confused with "flat", "Floh", "Fluss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flash"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flash" is [flɛʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flash" come from?
"flash" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flash", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geste#8,566Dosen#8,542Kinos#8,579Chile#8,534

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Herrmann8 variantsNeapel8 variantsBeifall8 variantsteuren8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list