feud
/fjud/noun, verb
feud is spelled F-E-U-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, feud means “A state of long-standing mutual hostility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of feud is feuds.
How many letters and syllables are in feud?
| Letters | 4: F-E-U-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is feud?
Feud appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce feud?
- UK /fjuːd/
- British /fjʉwd/
- US /fjud/
Feud has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-feud.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with feud?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as feud from its last stressed vowel (/ud/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of feud
- feuds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fead
- feaud
- fede
- feood
- fewd
- fewde
- fuide
- fude
- feuding participle, present
- feuded participle, past
- feod
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does feud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
- 2
A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
- 3
obsoleteA combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
- 4
An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.
verb
- 1
To carry on a feud.
The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Feud in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | querelle, dispute, faide , se disputer, se quereller , fief |
| German | Fehde, Streit, Feindschaft , sich befehden , Lehen |
| Portuguese | rixa , feudo |
| Spanish | rivalidad, pelea, enemistad, hostilidad, contienda, pleito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does feud come from?
Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe + -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).