feeler
/ˈfiːlə/
"feeler" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feeler” is an uncommon English word, ranked #83,242 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,242
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone or something that feels.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feeler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiːlə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feeler” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for feeler is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfiːlə/. Corpus data places it at rank #83,242 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for feeler in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830. The correct English form is feeler, spelled F-E-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone or something that feels.
- 2An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
- 3Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- 4a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
Etymology
From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830.
This word in other languages
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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Using “feeler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-E-E-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfiːlə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.