fellah
/ˈfɛlə/
"fellah" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fellah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fellah · fellah · English
fellah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | fellah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛlə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fellah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fellah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɛlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fellah, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743. The correct English form is fellah, spelled F-E-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fellah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Religion long kept the two races, Arab and Egyptian, apart, and when eventually the Christian fellaḥ in the neighbourhood of Cairo had become Mohammedan, the Mohammedan Arab had become a townsman with a townsman’s sense of superiority over the country bumpkin.
It has the prophetic vision. Fuit Ilium! The sack of windy Troy. Kingdoms of this world. The masters of the Mediterranean are fellaheen today.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.
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.