flies
/flaɪz/noun, verb
flies is spelled F-L-I-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flies means “The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flies?
| Letters | 5: F-L-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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 flies?
Flies appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 flies?
- /flaɪz/
Flies has one syllable (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)-Persent101-flies.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does flies mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
- 2
plural of fly
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of fly
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).