superfly

noun

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"superfly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“superfly” is uncommon English (frequency #72,798 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,798
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer.

Corpus desk

Index EN-superfly · superfly · English

superfly · rank #72,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,798
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sunita

Nearest frequency peer: Sunita (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “superfly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “superfly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for superfly
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperfly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “superfly” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).superflyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Sunita” (#72,797), “substratum” (#72,796), “sutta” (#72,800). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “superfly” is #72,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

superfly is uncommon English at frequency #72,798 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for superfly, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the character in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972). The correct English form is superfly, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how superfly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oh, see them passing / See how they're dancing to the superfly

Etymology

From the character in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "superfly"?
"superfly" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-L-Y.
What does "superfly" mean?
As a noun, "superfly" means: An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer.
What is the origin of the word "superfly"?
From the character in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superfly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stovetop#72,792storages#72,790squiggly#72,786terrazzo#72,823

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list