Which to use
“flood” and “flour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,396
- “flood” frequency rank
- #48,533
- “flour” frequency rank
- 84929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flood | flour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envoi massif de messages sur une messagerie instantanée. | Farine. |
Where the eye mixes flood and flour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. flood and flour follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between flood and flour
A purely visual mix-up. flood (\flud\) and flour (\ˈflaʊ.ɚ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flood is recorded at frequency rank #36,396, classified as anoun, pronounced \flud\. flour is at rank #48,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈflaʊ.ɚ\.
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 84929, this pair ranks #12,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flood vs flour
Shared letters: flo. Private to "flood": d. Private to "flour": ru.
"flood" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "flour" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flood" for "flour" ever safe?
Frequency check: "flood" vs "flour" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flood" and "flour" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flood" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flood" and "flour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filou vs flour". 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 #12,152 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.