Fells
"fells" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fells” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,926
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fells · Fells · English
Fells · rank #45,926 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,926
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH feigning
Nearest frequency peer: feigning (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Fells”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- farthing
farthing
54,079 corpus weight
- feigning
feigning
54,076 corpus weight
- Fells
Fells
54,075 corpus weight
- fie
fie
54,072 corpus weight
- finality
finality
54,071 corpus weight
- Flatbush
Flatbush
54,070 corpus weight
What this shows “Fells” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fells |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Fells”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Fells, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,926 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fells, with forms such as "eflls", "fellss", and "felsl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FES", "full", "felt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Fell. The correct English form is Fells, spelled F-E-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Variant of Fell.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eflls
- fellss
- felsl
- ffells
- flels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fells - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fells", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).