Which to use
“flees” is a verb and “FLOPS” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,653
- “flees” frequency rank
- #19,600
- “FLOPS” frequency rank
- 53253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flees | FLOPS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of flee | One flop per second. |
Letter map: flees vs FLOPS
Shared letters muted; letters that set flees and FLOPS apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for flees / FLOPS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flees is averb and FLOPSanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flees is recorded at frequency rank #33,653, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfliːz/. FLOPS is at rank #19,600, tagged as anoun.
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 53253, this pair ranks #150,492 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flees vs FLOPS
Shared letters: fls. Private to "flees": e. Private to "FLOPS": op.
"flees" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "FLOPS" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "flees" and "FLOPS". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "flees" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "FLOPS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,492 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flees" and "FLOPS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleck vs flees". 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 #150,492 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.