flogvsFLOPSWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: flog is a verb, FLOPS is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“flog” is a verb and “FLOPS” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,629
“flog” frequency rank
#19,600
“FLOPS” frequency rank
61229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flog FLOPS
Definition To whip or scourge as punishment. One flop per second.

Letter map: flog vs FLOPS

Shared letters muted; letters that set flog and FLOPS apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
flog
5 ch
FLOPS

Part-of-speech tell for flog / FLOPS

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flog is averb and FLOPSanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flog is recorded at frequency rank #41,629, classified as averb, pronounced /flɒɡ/. 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 61229, this pair ranks #95,445 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of flog vs FLOPS

Shared letters: flo. Private to "flog": g. Private to "FLOPS": ps.

"flog" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "FLOPS" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flogfflog · flgo · fllog · flogg · folg · lfog
  • FLOPSfflops · fllops · flopps · flopss · flosp · flpos · folps · lfops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "flog" and "FLOPS" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flog" is a verb and "FLOPS" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "flog" or "FLOPS"?
"FLOPS" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,600 in our English list, against #41,629 for "flog". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "flog" vs "FLOPS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "flog" 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 #95,445 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flog" and "FLOPS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flog vs foh". 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 #95,445 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