fly-in
"fly-in" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fly-in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fly-in |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fly-in” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fly-in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fly-in, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from fly in. The correct English form is fly-in, spelled F-L-Y---I-N.
Definition
- 1An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield.
- 2The bringing of a people to a place by air travel.
- 3A method of application for roll materials by which the dry sheet is set into the bitumen or adhesive applied to the roof surface.
Etymology
Deverbal from fly in.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fly-in”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-L-Y---I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.