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“feller” and “fillet” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,240
- “feller” frequency rank
- #30,047
- “fillet” frequency rank
- 70287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feller | fillet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who fells trees; a lumberjack | A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. |
Letter map: feller vs fillet
Shared letters muted; letters that set feller and fillet apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. feller and fillet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: feller and fillet
feller and fillet are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feller is recorded at frequency rank #40,240, classified as anoun. fillet is at rank #30,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɪl.ɪt/.
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 70287, this pair ranks #51,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feller vs fillet
Shared letters: efl. Private to "feller": r. Private to "fillet": it.
"feller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fillet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feller" and "fillet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "feller" or "fillet"?
Useful next steps
Pair "feller" vs "fillet" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "feller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fillet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feller" and "fillet" 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 #51,144 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.