Which to use
“favoured” and “flavored” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,915
- “favoured” frequency rank
- #16,234
- “flavored” frequency rank
- 30149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | favoured | flavored |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Treated or regarded with partiality. | US standard spelling of flavoured. |
Letter map: favoured vs flavored
Shared letters muted; letters that set favoured and flavored apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: favoured and flavored
favoured and flavored are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
favoured is recorded at frequency rank #13,915, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfeɪ.vɚd/. flavored is at rank #16,234, tagged as anadj.
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 30149, this pair ranks #356,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of favoured vs flavored
Shared letters: adeforv. Private to "favoured": u. Private to "flavored": l.
"favoured" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "flavored" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "favoured" vs "flavored" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "favoured" vs "flavored" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "favoured" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flavored" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "favoured" and "flavored" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flavored vs flavoured". 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 #356,965 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.