fluttery
/ˈflʌtəɹi/adjective
fluttery is an adjective meaning “That flutters; fluttering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-T-T-E-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fluttery mean?
adjective
- 1
That flutters; fluttering.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fluttery?
- /ˈflʌtəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-fluttery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fluttery
- flutterier comparative
- flutteriest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fluttery?
Fluttery appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
Fluttery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that flutters:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | de aleteo / aletada |
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 fluttery come from?
From flutter + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).