fellow vs Fells, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fellow” is a noun and “Fells” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,791
“fellow” frequency rank: #45,926
“Fells” frequency rank: 47717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fellow	Fells
Definition	A companion; a comrade.	A surname.

Letter map: fellow vs Fells

Shared letters muted; letters that set fellow and Fells apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

fellow

5 ch

Fells

Role in the sentence - fellow and Fells

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fellow is anoun and Fellsaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fellow is recorded at frequency rank #1,791, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɛləʊ/. Fells is at rank #45,926, tagged as aname.

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 47717, this pair ranks #199,841 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fellow vs Fells

Shared letters: efl. Private to "fellow": ow. Private to "Fells": s.

"fellow" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Fells" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

fellow ← efllow · felloww · fellwo · felolw · felow · ffellow · flelow
Fells ← eflls · fellss · felsl · ffells · flels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fellow" and "Fells" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fellow" is a noun and "Fells" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fellow" or "Fells"?

"fellow" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,791 in our English list, against #45,926 for "Fells". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fellow" and "Fells".

Full dictionary entry for "fellow" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Fells" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #199,841 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fellow" and "Fells" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feely 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 #199,841 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.