filly
/ˈfɪli/noun
filly is spelled F-I-L-L-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, filly means “A young female horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of filly is fillies.
How many letters and syllables are in filly?
| Letters | 5: F-I-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 filly?
Filly appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 filly?
- /ˈfɪli/
Filly has 2 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: En-us-filly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with filly
Sounds like: Philly (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of filly
- fillies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does filly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young female horse.
- 2
datedA young, attractive woman.
Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Filly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense young female horse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pouliche |
| German | Stutenfohlen, Stutenfüllen, Stutfohlen, Stutfüllen, weibliches Fohlen, weibliches Füllen |
| Portuguese | potra, potranca |
| Spanish | potra, potranca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does filly come from?
From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl), related to foal. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).