flyaway
"flyaway" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flyaway” is uncommon English (frequency #95,979 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,979
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flyaway · flyaway · English
flyaway · rank #95,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH flatulent
Nearest frequency peer: flatulent (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flyaway”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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Finnair
4,028 corpus weight
- firehose
firehose
4,027 corpus weight
- flailed
flailed
4,026 corpus weight
- flatulent
flatulent
4,023 corpus weight
- flyaway
flyaway
4,022 corpus weight
- FMD
FMD
4,021 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flyaway” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flyaway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flyaway” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flyaway is uncommon English at frequency #95,979 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flyaway, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fly + away. The correct English form is flyaway, spelled F-L-Y-A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
- 2Flighty; frivolous
- 3Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
Etymology
From fly + away.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency 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.