# feline

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfiːlaɪn/ · frequency rank #24,749

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to cats.
2. catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).

## Easily confused with
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-fine)
- **Felix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-felix)
- **flint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-flint)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-fling)
- **felon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-felon)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-filing)
- **felony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-felony)
- **Felipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-felipe)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-fueling)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feline-vs-felling)
- **Fein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fein-vs-feline)
- **famine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/famine-vs-feline)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-feline)

## Common misspellings (8)
`efline`, `feilne`, `felien`, `felinne`, `felline`, `felnie`, `ffeline`, `fleine`

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