social butterfly
The verdict
“social butterfly” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papillon social; personne très sociable qui aime assister aux fêtes et autres rassemblements sociaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-social-butterfly · social butterfly · French
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
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 | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « social butterfly » en français
Rare enough to double-check
social butterfly is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Papillon social; personne très sociable qui aime assister aux fêtes et autres rassemblements sociaux.".
social butterfly doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is social butterfly, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L- -B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Papillon social; personne très sociable qui aime assister aux fêtes et autres rassemblements sociaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how social butterfly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I met Miss Reynolds you wouldn't think me in danger of becoming a social butterfly !
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.