fluttered

adj

"fluttered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fluttered” is uncommon English (frequency #58,032 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,032
frequency rank, English
18,613
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confused, befuddled, flustered.

Key facts for fluttered
PropertyValue
Headwordfluttered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,032
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fluttered” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fluttered lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fluttered is uncommon English at frequency #58,032 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Confused, befuddled, flustered.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fluttered, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is fluttered, spelled F-L-U-T-T-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confused, befuddled, flustered.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fluttered"?
"fluttered" is spelled F-L-U-T-T-E-R-E-D.
What does "fluttered" mean?
As an adjective, "fluttered" means: Confused, befuddled, flustered.
What language does "fluttered" come from?
"fluttered" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fluttered”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-L-U-T-T-E-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list