# federal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɛdəɹəl/ · frequency rank #768

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
2. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
3. Relating to covenantalism.

## Etymology
From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).

## Easily confused with
- **feral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-feral)
- **fedora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-fedora)
- **funeral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-funeral)
- **Federer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-federer)
- **femoral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-femoral)
- **federally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federal-vs-federally)

## Common misspellings (10)
`efderal`, `fdeeral`, `fedderal`, `fedearl`, `federall`, `federla`, `federral`, `fedreal`, `feedral`, `ffederal`

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