# feel

> English word · Verb · IPA /fiːl/ · frequency rank #201

## Definitions
1. To use or experience the sense of touch.
2. To use or experience the sense of touch.
3. To use or experience the sense of touch.
4. To use or experience the sense of touch.
5. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
6. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
7. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
8. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
9. To be or become aware of.
10. To experience the consequences of.
11. To seem (through touch or otherwise).
12. To understand.

## Etymology
From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.

## Easily confused with
- **FL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fl)
- **few** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-few)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-foe)
- **fil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fil)
- **FEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fei)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fer)
- **fey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fey)
- **fez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fez)
- **fem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fem)
- **fen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fen)
- **FES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fes)
- **FET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fet)
- **FTL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-ftl)
- **feu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-feu)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fte)
- **fie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-fie)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-free)
- **full** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-full)
- **felt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-felt)
- **feet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feel-vs-feet)

## Common misspellings (5)
`efel`, `feell`, `fel`, `fele`, `ffeel`

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