Which to use
“flou” and “flous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,440
- “flou” frequency rank
- #30,613
- “flous” frequency rank
- 38053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flou | flous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | D'un coloris sans vigueur, qui manque de netteté des contours ou des arêtes. | Masculin pluriel de flou. |
Same sound, different letters: flou vs flous
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - flou and flous
This is the hard kind. flou and flous are pronounced identically (\flu\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “flou” sits inside “flous”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flou is recorded at frequency rank #7,440, classified as anadj, pronounced \flu\. flous is at rank #30,613, tagged as anadj, pronounced \flu\.
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 38053, this pair ranks #258,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flou vs flous
Shared letters: flou. Private to "flou": -. Private to "flous": s.
"flou" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "flous" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flou" and "flous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flou" vs "flous" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "flou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flou" and "flous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flour vs flous". 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 #258,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.