flypaper
/ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/
"flypaper" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flypaper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flypaper · flypaper · English
flypaper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flypaper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flypaper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flypaper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.".
No misspelling variants are generated for flypaper in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fly + paper. The correct English form is flypaper, spelled F-L-Y-P-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flypaper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"What did I tell you? The thing clings like a flypaper," Josella observed to me.
Etymology
From fly + paper.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.