feeling
feel·ing/ˈfi.lɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
feeling is spelled F-E-E-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (feel·ing). It appears 135 times per million words in written English, the 770th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, feeling means “Emotionally sensitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in feeling?
| Letters | 7: F-E-E-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: feel·ing |
| In writing | 135 times per million words; the 770th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is feeling?
Feeling appears 135 times per million words in written English, the 770th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce feeling?
- UK /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
- US /ˈfi.lɪŋ/
Feeling has 2 syllables, split feel·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-feeling.wav, En-us-feeling.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with feeling?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as feeling from its last stressed vowel (/ilɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fleeing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of feeling
- more feeling comparative
- most feeling superlative
- feelings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does feeling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Emotionally sensitive.
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
- 2
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
noun
- 1
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
- 2
Emotion; impression.
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
- 3
Emotional state or well-being.
You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- 4
Emotional attraction or desire.
Many people still have feelings for their first love.
- 5
Intuition.
He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
- 6
An opinion, an attitude.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of feel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Feeling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sentimental , sensation , sentiment, émotion , sentiments |
| German | einfühlsam, gefühlvoll , Gefühl , Emotion , Gefühle |
| Portuguese | sentimental, emotivo, sensível , sensação , emoção, impressão |
| Spanish | sentimental , sensación , sentimiento, emoción, impresión , sentimientos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does feeling come from?
From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).