# flamingo vs Fleming

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### flamingo
*noun · IPA /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ · frequency rank #26,794*
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

### Fleming
*noun · IPA /ˈflɛmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,719*
A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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