feathered

adj

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"feathered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“feathered” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,146
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Covered with feathers.

Corpus desk

Index EN-feathered · feathered · English

feathered · rank #27,146 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,146
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH fearsome

Nearest frequency peer: fearsome (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “feathered”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “feathered” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feathered vs featured
78% similar
feathered vs feather
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feathered
PropertyValue
Headwordfeathered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,146
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “feathered”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).featheredlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “fearsome” (#27,145), “fertilization” (#27,147), “fastball” (#27,144). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “feathered” is #27,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around feathered, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,146 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for feathered, with forms such as "efathered", "faethered", and "feahtered". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "featured", "feather", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is feathered, spelled F-E-A-T-H-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Covered with feathers.
  2. 2
    Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
  3. 3
    Having a finely bevelled edge.
  4. 4
    Badly beaten.
  5. 5
    Having a specific type or number of feathers.
  6. 6
    Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
  7. 7
    Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how feathered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”
  2. Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.

Synonyms

befeathered

This word in other languages

emplumado(Español)emplumé(Français)gefiedert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efathered
  • faethered
  • feahtered
  • featehred
  • featheerd
  • featherde
  • featheredd
  • featherred
  • feathhered
  • feathreed
  • featthered
  • fetahered
  • ffeathered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feathered - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

efathered2faethered2feahtered2featehred2featheerd2featherde2featheredd1featherred1
Edit distance from "feathered"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feathered"?
"feathered" is spelled F-E-A-T-H-E-R-E-D.
What does "feathered" mean?
As an adjective, "feathered" means: Covered with feathers.
What words are commonly confused with "feathered"?
"feathered" is commonly confused with "featured", "feather". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "feathered" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feathered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fiduciary#27,149exclaimed#27,140freighter#27,153Eucharist#27,138

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

frosting13 variantseastbound13 variantsdismissive13 variantscrowding13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list