Which to use
“feller” is a noun and “fewer” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,240
- “feller” frequency rank
- #4,236
- “fewer” frequency rank
- 44476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feller | fewer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who fells trees; a lumberjack | comparative degree of few; a smaller number. |
Letter map: feller vs fewer
Shared letters muted; letters that set feller and fewer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. feller runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against fewer's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - feller and fewer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feller is anoun and feweradeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feller is recorded at frequency rank #40,240, classified as anoun. fewer is at rank #4,236, tagged as adet, pronounced /ˈfjuː.ɚ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 44476, this pair ranks #230,176 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feller vs fewer
Shared letters: efr. Private to "feller": l. Private to "fewer": w.
"feller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fewer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feller" for "fewer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feller" vs "fewer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "feller" and "fewer". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "feller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fewer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,176 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feller" and "fewer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feller vs Fells". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #230,176 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.