medfly
noun
medfly is spelled M-E-D-F-L-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, medfly means “Synonym of Mediterranean fruit fly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of medfly is medflies.
How many letters and syllables are in medfly?
| Letters | 6: M-E-D-F-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is medfly?
Medfly appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 medfly?
- US
Medfly 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: En-us-medfly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of medfly
- medflies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does medfly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of Mediterranean fruit fly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).