flyer
/ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/noun, verb, adjective
flyer is spelled F-L-Y-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “flier vs flyer” about 33,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, flyer means “That which flies, as a bird or insect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flyer is flyers.
How many letters and syllables are in flyer?
| Letters | 5: F-L-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is flyer?
Flyer appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 flyer?
- /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
Flyer has 2 syllables (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)-Vealhurl-flyer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with flyer
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: flier.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of flyer
- flyers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flier
- flyering participle, present
- flyered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flyer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- 2
A machine that flies.
- 3
datedAn airplane pilot.
- 4
A person who travels by airplane.
- 5
A leaflet, often for advertising.
- 6
The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- 7
An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- 8
A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
verb
- 1
To distribute flyers (leaflets).
- 2
To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
adjective
- 1
comparative form of fly: more fly
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flyer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | voador , piloto , folheto, panfleto, circular |
| French | pilote , tract, prospectus, flyer , broche, épinglier |
| German | Flieger , Flugblatt, Flyer, Rundschreiben, Handzettel, Flugschrift |
| Spanish | piloto , volante, octavilla, circular |
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 flyer come from?
From fly + -er (agent noun suffix). With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).