# fealty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfiː.əlti/ · frequency rank #44,778

## Definitions
1. Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), from fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix); the modern form (for expected *feauty /ˈfjuːti/) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete feal + -ty. Doublet of fidelity.

## Easily confused with
- **felt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-felt)
- **feat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-feat)
- **feast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-feast)
- **feely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-feely)
- **feisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-feisty)
- **frailty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-frailty)
- **fatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatty-vs-fealty)
- **faulty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faulty-vs-fealty)

## Common misspellings (9)
`efalty`, `faelty`, `feallty`, `fealtty`, `fealtyy`, `fealyt`, `featly`, `felaty`, `ffealty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fealty