felling

Name: felling, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“felling” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,837
frequency rank, English: 2,507
“F” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is felled.

Corpus desk

Index EN-felling · felling · English

felling · rank #38,837 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-MID #38,837
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,507
PHOTO-FINISH Farnham

Nearest frequency peer: Farnham (-1 rank slots)

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.

Fagan

61,166
Farnham

61,165
felling

61,164
fester

61,163
feuding

61,162
flexed

61,161

What this shows “felling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

felling vs fling

71% similar

felling vs flying

71% similar

felling vs filing

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for felling
Property	Value
Headword	felling
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#38,837
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “felling”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).fellinglands here:

#38,837

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Farnham” (#38,836), “fester” (#38,838), “Fagan” (#38,835). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “felling” is #38,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around felling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,837 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act by which something is felled.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for felling, with forms such as "eflling", "felilng", and "fellign". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "fling", "flying", "filing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is felling, spelled F-E-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

1
The act by which something is felled.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how felling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.
One forest officer, stationed in the buffer of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, argued that 80% of the illegal fellings are carried out by forest villagers and that more or less all Rabhas are involved.

This word in other languages

Fällung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eflling
felilng
fellign
fellingg
fellinng
fellnig
ffelling
fleling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of felling - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "felling"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "felling"?

"felling" is spelled F-E-L-L-I-N-G.

What does "felling" mean?

As a noun, "felling" means: The act by which something is felled.

What words are commonly confused with "felling"?

"felling" is commonly confused with "fling", "flying", "filing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "felling" come from?

"felling" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "felling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Farnham#38,836 feuding#38,839 Formosa#38,846 fringed#38,850

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Gaiman8 variants Ghosh8 variants Gilliam8 variants discus8 variants