# filly

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪli/ · frequency rank #23,832

## Definitions
1. A young female horse.
2. A young, attractive woman.

## Etymology
From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl), related to foal. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen.

## Easily confused with
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-fly)
- **full** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-full)
- **film** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-film)
- **fully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-fully)
- **films** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-films)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-foley)
- **filth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-filth)
- **folly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-folly)
- **fishy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-fishy)
- **fizzy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-fizzy)
- **firmly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-firmly)
- **filthy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-filthy)
- **finely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-finely)
- **Finley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-finley)
- **frills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-frills)
- **Finlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-finlay)
- **finally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-finally)
- **Philly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-philly)
- **fil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fil-vs-filly)
- **fall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fall-vs-filly)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffilly`, `fillyy`, `fily`, `filyl`, `flily`, `iflly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/filly