catchfly

Other forms of catchfly

plural

catchflies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about catchfly

What does catchfly mean?

catchfly means "any plant of the genus Silene". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in catchfly?

catchfly has 2 syllables: catch-fly. The stress falls on "catch".

What is another word for catchfly?

Close synonyms include silene, campion, lychnis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catchfly a common word?

catchfly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.