Fell

\fɛl\

/\fɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“Fell” is uncommon French (frequency #55,963 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,963
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pelage, poil, cuir, fourrure, robe, toison d’un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fell · Fell · French

Fell · rank #55,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,963
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Faustin

Nearest frequency peer: Faustin (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Fell »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fell » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fell
PropertyValue
HeadwordFell
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,963
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Fell » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Felltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Faustin » (#55,962), « felton » (#55,964), « farandole » (#55,961). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fell » est au #55,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fell is uncommon French at frequency #55,963 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fell, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fell, spelled F-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pelage, poil, cuir, fourrure, robe, toison d’un animal.
  2. 2
    Fourrure ou peau décollée et tannée d’un animal.
  3. 3
    Peau humaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Felle verkaufen, mit Fellen handeln.
  2. Ein Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist das "Siebendächerhaus", das ursprünglich zum Trocknen von Leder und Fell erbaut wurde.

Synonyms

PelzTierfell

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 "Fell"?
"Fell" is spelled F-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛl\.
What does "Fell" mean?
As a noun, "Fell" means: Pelage, poil, cuir, fourrure, robe, toison d’un animal.
How do you pronounce "Fell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fell" is \fɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fido#55,967fada#55,958Haus#56,013idle#56,024

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list