flickedvsFlickrConfusable pair

Quick tell: flicked is a verb, Flickr is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“flicked” is a verb and “Flickr” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,401
“flicked” frequency rank
#18,825
“Flickr” frequency rank
51226
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flicked Flickr
Definition simple past and past participle of flick An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.

Letter map: flicked vs Flickr

Shared letters muted; letters that set flicked and Flickr apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
flicked
6 ch
Flickr

Part-of-speech tell for flicked / Flickr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flicked is averb and Flickraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flicked is recorded at frequency rank #32,401, classified as averb, pronounced /flɪkt/. Flickr is at rank #18,825, tagged as aname.

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 51226, this pair ranks #167,258 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flicked vs Flickr

Shared letters: cfikl. Private to "flicked": de. Private to "Flickr": r.

"flicked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Flickr" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flickedfflicked · filcked · flciked · fliccked · flicekd · flickde · flickedd · flickked
  • Flickrfflickr · filckr · flcikr · flicckr · flickkr · flickrr · flicrk · flikcr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "flicked" and "Flickr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flicked" is a verb and "Flickr" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "flicked" or "Flickr" show up more?
"Flickr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,825 in our English list, against #32,401 for "flicked". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "flicked" and "Flickr". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "flicked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Flickr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,258 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flicked" and "Flickr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flaked vs flicked". 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 #167,258 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list