Which to use
“flocked” is a verb and “flocks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,402
- “flocked” frequency rank
- #27,839
- “flocks” frequency rank
- 60241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flocked | flocks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of flock | plural of flock |
Letter map: flocked vs flocks
Shared letters muted; letters that set flocked and flocks apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for flocked / flocks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flocked is averb and flocksanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flocked is recorded at frequency rank #32,402, classified as averb. flocks is at rank #27,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced /flɒks/.
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 60241, this pair ranks #101,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flocked vs flocks
Shared letters: cfklo. Private to "flocked": de. Private to "flocks": s.
"flocked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "flocks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "flocked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flocks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flocked" and "flocks" 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 #101,387 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.