Which to use
“flop” and “flour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,838
- “flop” frequency rank
- #48,533
- “flour” frequency rank
- 68371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flop | flour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échec, en particulier d’œuvre artistique ou d’entreprise commerciale. | Farine. |
Where the eye mixes flop and flour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. flop runs 4 letters (CCVC) against flour's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses flop with flour
A purely visual mix-up. flop (\flɔp\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68371, 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\. 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 68371, this pair ranks #59,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flop vs flour
Shared letters: flo. Private to "flop": p. Private to "flour": ru.
"flop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "flour" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flop" and "flour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "flop" or "flour" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flop" and "flour" 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 "flour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flop" 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 #59,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.