Which to use
“flog” and “flown” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,629
- “flog” frequency rank
- #9,179
- “flown” frequency rank
- 50808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flog | flown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To whip or scourge as punishment. | past participle of fly |
Where the eye mixes flog and flown
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. flog runs 4 letters (CCVC) against flown's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: flog vs flown
A purely visual mix-up. flog (/flɒɡ/) and flown (/ˈfləʊn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50808, 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/. flown is at rank #9,179, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfləʊn/.
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 50808, this pair ranks #170,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flog vs flown
Shared letters: flo. Private to "flog": g. Private to "flown": nw.
"flog" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "flown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flog" and "flown" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "flog" or "flown" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "flog" and "flown" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flog" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flown" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flog" and "flown" 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 #170,970 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.