Which to use
“fluted” is an adjective and “flutes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,466
- “fluted” frequency rank
- #36,145
- “flutes” frequency rank
- 82611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fluted | flutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight. | plural of flute |
Letter map: fluted vs flutes
Shared letters muted; letters that set fluted and flutes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. fluted and flutes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - fluted and flutes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fluted is anadjective and flutesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “fluted” becomes s in “flutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fluted is recorded at frequency rank #46,466, classified as anadj. flutes is at rank #36,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fluːts/.
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 82611, this pair ranks #15,424 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fluted vs flutes
Shared letters: efltu. Private to "fluted": d. Private to "flutes": s.
"fluted" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "flutes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "fluted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,424 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fluted" and "flutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flaked vs fluted". 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 #15,424 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.