# feller

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,240

## Definitions
1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
2. A machine for felling trees.
3. A person who fells a seam.
4. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

## Etymology
From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **fewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fewer)
- **fever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fever)
- **flyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-flyer)
- **flier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-flier)
- **Fells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fells)
- **fellow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fellow)
- **filled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-filled)
- **filter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-filter)
- **fuller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fuller)
- **folder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-folder)
- **fowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fowler)
- **filler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-filler)
- **fender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fender)
- **fillet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fillet)
- **fester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fester)
- **fielder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fielder)
- **Fillers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fillers)
- **fuelled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fuelled)
- **fell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fell-vs-feller)
- **fella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fella-vs-feller)

## Common misspellings (7)
`efller`, `felelr`, `feler`, `fellerr`, `fellre`, `ffeller`, `fleler`

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