felted

adj

"felted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“felted” is uncommon English (frequency #76,774 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,774
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Covered with (a specified kind of) felt.

Corpus desk

Index EN-felted · felted · English

felted · rank #76,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,774
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH FBC

Nearest frequency peer: FBC (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “felted”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “felted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for felted
PropertyValue
Headwordfelted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “felted” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).feltedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “FBC” (#76,773), “Flournoy” (#76,778), “flouted” (#76,779). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “felted” is #76,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

felted is uncommon English at frequency #76,774 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for felted in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is felted, spelled F-E-L-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Covered with (a specified kind of) felt.
  2. 2
    Having interlocked hairs to the extent of being matted.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Corrugated-steel ceilings, a dozen blue-felted pool tables and DJ house music Thursday to Saturday.

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 "felted"?
"felted" is spelled F-E-L-T-E-D.
What does "felted" mean?
As an adjective, "felted" means: Covered with (a specified kind of) felt.
What language does "felted" come from?
"felted" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list