Which to use
“flood” and “foot” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,018
- “flood” frequency rank
- #1,426
- “foot” frequency rank
- 5444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flood | foot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
Where the eye mixes flood and foot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. flood runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against foot's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between flood and foot
A purely visual mix-up. flood (/flʌd/) and foot (/fʊt/) 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 5444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flood is recorded at frequency rank #4,018, classified as anoun, pronounced /flʌd/. foot is at rank #1,426, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fʊt/.
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 5444, this pair ranks #515,312 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of flood vs foot
Shared letters: fo. Private to "flood": dl. Private to "foot": t.
"flood" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flood" and "foot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flood" vs "foot" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "flood" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #515,312 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flood" and "foot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FOMO vs foot". 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 #515,312 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.