fecal
/ˈfiːkəl/
"fecal" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fecal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,545
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to feces.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fecal · fecal · English
fecal · rank #28,545 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,545
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fainting
Nearest frequency peer: fainting (-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 “fecal”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- experimenta…
experimentally
71,460 corpus weight
- eyelid
eyelid
71,458 corpus weight
- fainting
fainting
71,457 corpus weight
- fecal
fecal
71,456 corpus weight
- ferret
ferret
71,455 corpus weight
- financier
financier
71,453 corpus weight
What this shows “fecal” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fecal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfiːkəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fecal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around fecal (IPA /ˈfiːkəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,545 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or relating to feces.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fecal, with forms such as "efcal", "fceal", and "feacl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "feel", "fell", "FEMA", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al. The correct English form is fecal, spelled F-E-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to feces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fecal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.
Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.
Etymology
From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efcal
- fceal
- feacl
- fecall
- feccal
- fecla
- ffecal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fecal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fecal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).