# flung vs Flynn

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Flynn
*name · IPA /flɪn/ · frequency rank #9,897*
A surname from Irish.

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