Full-fledged or fully fledged?
full-fledged is an adjective meaning “Having all its feathers; able to fly”; fully fledged is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of full-fledged (US English)”.
What is the difference between full-fledged and fully fledged?
| full-fledged | fully fledged | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Having all its feathers; able to fly Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real | UKAlternative form of full-fledged (US English) Alternative form of full-fledged |
| Example | Near-synonym: full-grown | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | not counted (the list counts single words) |
Sources: full-fledged and fully fledged in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of full-fledged and fully fledged
full-fledged
- 1
Having all its feathers; able to fly
- 2
Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real
Near-synonym: full-grown
fully fledged
- 1
UKAlternative form of full-fledged (US English)
- 2
Alternative form of full-fledged
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
How many people search full-fledged vs fully fledged?
“full-fledged vs fully fledged” is searched about 10 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“fully fledged vs full-fledged”, “full-fledged or fully fledged”).
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