Which to use
“flash” and “flashs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,760
- “flash” frequency rank
- #31,964
- “flashs” frequency rank
- 36724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flash | flashs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Éclair lumineux bref. | Pluriel de flash. |
Same sound, different letters: flash vs flashs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - flash / flashs
This is the hard kind. flash and flashs are pronounced identically (\flaʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “flash” sits inside “flashs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flash is recorded at frequency rank #4,760, classified as anoun, pronounced \flaʃ\. flashs is at rank #31,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flaʃ\.
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 36724, this pair ranks #267,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flash vs flashs
Shared letters: afhls. Private to "flash": -. Private to "flashs": -.
"flash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "flashs" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flash" and "flashs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flash" vs "flashs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "flash" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flashs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flash" and "flashs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flasher vs flashs". 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 #267,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.