fielden
/ˈfiːldən/adjective
fielden is an adjective meaning “Characterized by open fields and an agricultural economy; agricultural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-E-L-D-E-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fielden mean?
adjective
- 1
obsoletePertaining to the countryside; rural.
- 2
Characterized by open fields and an agricultural economy; agricultural.
noun
- 1
obsoleteField land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fielden?
- UK /ˈfiːldən/
Fielden has 2 syllables (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).
Forms of fielden
- more fielden comparative
- most fielden superlative
- fieldone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fielden?
Fielden appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
Where does fielden come from?
From field + -en (“pertaining to, of the nature of”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).