butterflies
/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪz/noun, verb
butterflies is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-I-E-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, butterflies means “plural of butterfly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in butterflies?
| Letters | 11: B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is butterflies?
Butterflies appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce butterflies?
- /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪz/
Butterflies has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-butterflies.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does butterflies mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of butterfly
- 2
Ellipsis of butterflies in one's stomach.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of butterfly
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).