feeling

\fi.liŋ\

/\fi.liŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“feeling” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,039. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,039
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ressenti, intuition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feeling · feeling · French

feeling · rank #14,039 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,039
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filme

Nearest frequency peer: filme (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « feeling »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « feeling » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feeling vs félin
57% similar
feeling vs félins
57% similar
feeling vs féline
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feeling
PropertyValue
Headwordfeeling
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.liŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,039
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « feeling »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.feelingse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « filme » (#14,040), « expulser » (#14,037), « fondatrice » (#14,041). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « feeling » est au #14,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around feeling (IPA \fi.liŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,039 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for feeling, with forms such as "efeling", "feeilng", and "feelign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "félin", "félins", "féline", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is feeling, spelled F-E-E-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ressenti, intuition.
  2. 2
    Sympathie ou empathie entre deux personnes.
  3. 3
    Expressivité.
  4. 4
    Dans l’exécution d’une performance ou d’un morceau, principe qui consiste à insuffler beaucoup d’âme et d’inspiration à son interprétation, avoir pleinement intégré — mais pour les transcender — l’ensemble des techniques et des codes culturels attachés à un genre artistique, et ainsi communiquer l’authenticité de cette émotion au public.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La nature de l’homme est le raisonnement; la nature de la femme est le feeling.
  2. Par exemple, pour “glisser” [s’engouffrer dans le dos de la défense], il faut avoir le feeling, savoir le fonctionnement des arrières, avoir une connexion avec les joueuses.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efeling
  • feeilng
  • feelign
  • feelingg
  • feelinng
  • feelling
  • feelnig
  • feleing
  • feling
  • ffeeling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feeling - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efeling2feeilng2feelign2feelingg1feelinng1feelling1feelnig2feleing2
Edit distance from "feeling"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feeling"?
"feeling" is spelled F-E-E-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.liŋ\.
What does "feeling" mean?
As a noun, "feeling" means: Ressenti, intuition.
What words are commonly confused with "feeling"?
"feeling" is commonly confused with "félin", "félins", "féline". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feeling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feeling" is \fi.liŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feeling" come from?
"feeling" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

foulard#14,043exactes#14,034envoler#14,033grottes#14,048

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gâchis10 variantsEmmanuelle10 variantsillégaux10 variantsdouches10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list