# flanked vs flashed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### flanked
*adjective · IPA /flæŋkt/ · frequency rank #20,358*
Having a particulary kind of flank.

### flashed
*verb · IPA /flæʃt/ · frequency rank #18,311*
simple past and past participle of flash

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flanked-vs-flashed