Flusses
[ˈflʊsəs]
The verdict
“Flusses” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #13,824 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,824
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fluss
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flusses |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʊsəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Flusses” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Flusses is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflʊsəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,824 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fluss".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Flusses, with forms such as "fflusses", "fllusses", and "flsuses". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "fusse", "Füssen", "fusses", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Flusses, spelled F-L-U-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fluss
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fflusses,fllusses,flsuses,fluses,flusess,flussess,flussse,flußes,fulsses,lfusses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Flusses - 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.
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.
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Using “Flusses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-L-U-S-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈflʊsəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fusse” - see the side-by-side comparison. Flusses vs fusse
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.