# flashed vs flathead

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### flathead
*noun · IPA /ˈflætˌhɛd/ · frequency rank #42,138*
Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.

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