cat flap
"cat-flap" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cat flap” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cat flap |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cat flap” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cat flap is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.".
cat flap doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is cat flap, spelled C-A-T- -F-L-A-P.
Definition
- 1A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cat flap”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-T- -F-L-A-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.