fellate
/fəˈleɪt/
"fellate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fellate” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fellate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fəˈleɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fellate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fellate is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fəˈleɪt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fellate, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”). The correct English form is fellate, spelled F-E-L-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
- 2To suck in a manner suggestive of fellatio.
- 3To suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to.
Etymology
Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”).
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.
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Using “fellate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-E-L-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fəˈleɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.