Which to use
“flavour” is a noun and “flavoured” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,695
- “flavour” frequency rank
- #27,463
- “flavoured” frequency rank
- 38158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flavour | flavoured |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | British standard spelling of flavor. | Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring. |
Letter map: flavour vs flavoured
Shared letters muted; letters that set flavour and flavoured apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. flavour runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against flavoured's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for flavour / flavoured
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flavour is anoun and flavouredanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “flavour” sits inside “flavoured”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flavour is recorded at frequency rank #10,695, classified as anoun. flavoured is at rank #27,463, 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 38158, this pair ranks #288,354 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flavour vs flavoured
Shared letters: afloruv. Private to "flavour": -. Private to "flavoured": de.
"flavour" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "flavoured" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flavour" and "flavoured" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flavour" vs "flavoured" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "flavour" and "flavoured".
- Full dictionary entry for "flavour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flavoured" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,354 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flavour" and "flavoured" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fervour vs flavour". 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 #288,354 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.