# flung vs flux

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### flung
*verb · IPA /ˈflʌŋ/ · frequency rank #18,828*
simple past and past participle of fling

### flux
*noun · IPA /flʌks/ · frequency rank #13,518*
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flung-vs-flux