Which to use
“flock” is a noun and “flocked” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,384
- “flock” frequency rank
- #32,402
- “flocked” frequency rank
- 43786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flock | flocked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. | simple past and past participle of flock |
Letter map: flock vs flocked
Shared letters muted; letters that set flock and flocked apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for flock / flocked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flock is anoun and flockedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “flock” sits inside “flocked”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flock is recorded at frequency rank #11,384, classified as anoun, pronounced /flɒk/. flocked is at rank #32,402, tagged as averb.
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 43786, this pair ranks #236,727 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flock vs flocked
Shared letters: cfklo. Private to "flock": -. Private to "flocked": de.
"flock" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "flocked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "flock" vs "flocked" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "flock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flocked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,727 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flock" and "flocked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flaked vs flocked". 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 #236,727 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.