Which to use
“flop” and “flopée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,838
- “flop” frequency rank
- #42,881
- “flopée” frequency rank
- 62719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flop | flopée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échec, en particulier d’œuvre artistique ou d’entreprise commerciale. | Grande quantité, foule, multitude. |
Where the eye mixes flop and flopée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flop runs 4 letters (CCVC) against flopée's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses flop with flopée
A purely visual mix-up. flop (\flɔp\) and flopée (\flɔ.pe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “flop” sits inside “flopée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flop is recorded at frequency rank #19,838, classified as anoun, pronounced \flɔp\. flopée is at rank #42,881, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flɔ.pe\.
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 62719, this pair ranks #85,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flop vs flopée
Shared letters: flop. Private to "flop": -. Private to "flopée": eé.
"flop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "flopée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- flop ← fflop · fllop · flopp · flpo · folp · lfop
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flop" for "flopée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "flop" or "flopée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "flop" and "flopée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flopée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flop" and "flopée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flopée vs flower". 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 #85,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.