Which to use
“flyer” and “frayer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,882
- “flyer” frequency rank
- #28,961
- “frayer” frequency rank
- 71843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flyer | frayer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déguerpir, partir rapidement. | Ouvrir une voie, rendre praticable un chemin, une route ; en écarter les obstacles. |
Where the eye mixes flyer and frayer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flyer runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against frayer's 6 (CCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between flyer and frayer
A purely visual mix-up. flyer (\fla.je\) and frayer (\fʁɛ.je\) 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 71843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flyer is recorded at frequency rank #42,882, classified as averb, pronounced \fla.je\. frayer is at rank #28,961, tagged as averb, pronounced \fʁɛ.je\.
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 71843, this pair ranks #46,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flyer vs frayer
Shared letters: efry. Private to "flyer": l. Private to "frayer": a.
"flyer" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "frayer" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flyer" for "frayer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "flyer" vs "frayer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flyer" and "frayer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flyer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frayer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flyer" and "frayer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flour vs flyer". 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 #46,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.