Which to use
“felon” is an adjective and “flog” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,270
- “felon” frequency rank
- #41,629
- “flog” frequency rank
- 64899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | felon | flog |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked. | To whip or scourge as punishment. |
Where the eye mixes felon and flog
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. felon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against flog's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between felon and flog
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: felon is /ˈfɛlən/ while flog is /flɒɡ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
felon is recorded at frequency rank #23,270, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɛlən/. flog is at rank #41,629, tagged as averb, pronounced /flɒɡ/.
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 64899, this pair ranks #75,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of felon vs flog
Shared letters: flo. Private to "felon": en. Private to "flog": g.
"felon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "flog" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "felon" and "flog" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "felon" or "flog"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "felon" and "flog" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "felon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flog" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "felon" and "flog" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flog vs foh". 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 #75,389 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.