felid
/ˈfiːlɪd/
"felid" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“felid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
Corpus desk
Index EN-felid · felid · English
felid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | felid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiːlɪd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “felid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
felid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfiːlɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of the cat family (Felidae).".
felid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Felidae, from the type genus Felis, itself borrowed from Latin felis (“cat, feline”). The correct English form is felid, spelled F-E-L-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Felidae, from the type genus Felis, itself borrowed from Latin felis (“cat, feline”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.