feudal
/ˈfjuːdəl/
"feudal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feudal” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,078 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,078
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, or relating to feudalism.
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 | feudal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfjuːdəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feudal” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for feudal is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfjuːdəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,078 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of, or relating to feudalism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for feudal, with forms such as "efudal", "fedual", and "feuadl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "frugal", "feud", "fetal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) + -al. More at fee. The correct English form is feudal, spelled F-E-U-D-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to feudalism.
Etymology
From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) + -al. More at fee.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efudal,fedual,feuadl,feudall,feuddal,feudla,ffeudal,fuedal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feudal - 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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Using “feudal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-E-U-D-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfjuːdəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “frugal” - see the side-by-side comparison. feudal vs frugal
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.