social butterfly
"social-butterfly" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“social butterfly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A gregarious person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings; a people person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-social-butterfly · social butterfly · English
social butterfly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | social butterfly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “social butterfly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
social butterfly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A gregarious person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings; a people person.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for social butterfly, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: In reference to a butterfly's habit of flitting from one flower to the next. The correct English form is social butterfly, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L- -B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-Y.
Definition
- 1A gregarious person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings; a people person.
Etymology
In reference to a butterfly's habit of flitting from one flower to the next.
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.
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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.