flytrap
"flytrap" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flytrap” is uncommon English (frequency #89,370 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,370
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A trap built to catch flies.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flytrap |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flytrap” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flytrap is uncommon English at frequency #89,370 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for flytrap in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fly + trap. The correct English form is flytrap, spelled F-L-Y-T-R-A-P.
Definition
- 1A trap built to catch flies.
- 2The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
- 3Any contrivance by which a plant catches insects, such as pitchers or tentacles.
- 4The spreading dogbane.
Etymology
From fly + trap.
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.
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Using “flytrap”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-L-Y-T-R-A-P - 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.