feh
"feh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feh” is uncommon English (frequency #91,493 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,493
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of disgust or contempt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-feh · feh · English
feh · rank #91,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,493
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fennec
Nearest frequency peer: fennec (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “feh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- faired
faired
8,515 corpus weight
- faller
faller
8,514 corpus weight
- farro
farro
8,511 corpus weight
- feh
feh
8,508 corpus weight
- fennec
fennec
8,506 corpus weight
- fibrotic
fibrotic
8,502 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “feh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #91,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “feh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
feh is uncommon English at frequency #91,493 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of disgust or contempt.".
feh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Directly imported from Yiddish פֿע (fe). The correct English form is feh, spelled F-E-H.
Definition
- 1An expression of disgust or contempt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kvola made a face. "It’s worse than an outhouse." She covered her nose. "Uh!" "It is" "Feh!" We all agreed and covered our noses. But Ma wasn't interested in our complaints. ... It smelled like rotten food, stinking bodies, and stale air. Feh!
"A gangster. Feh! Disgusting” she said roughly grabbing Marty by the arm. "We go across the street."
Etymology
Directly imported from Yiddish פֿע (fe).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).