feddan
"feddan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feddan” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Middle Eastern unit of area, divided into 24 kirats, and typically equivalent to 4200.8 square metres.
Corpus desk
Index EN-feddan · feddan · English
feddan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feddan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “feddan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
feddan is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Middle Eastern unit of area, divided into 24 kirats, and typically equivalent to 4200.8 square metres.".
Zero misspellings are on record for feddan in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from Arabic فَدَّان (faddān). The correct English form is feddan, spelled F-E-D-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1A Middle Eastern unit of area, divided into 24 kirats, and typically equivalent to 4200.8 square metres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feddan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]
The first involved a general limitation of ownership to 200 feddans per individual, with another 100 feddans which could be transferred to the owner's own immediate family, the excess to be expropriated and redistributed to peasant cultivators in small plots of up to five feddans.
Etymology
Borrowing from Arabic فَدَّان (faddān).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.