fellow

\ˈfɛl.oʊ\

/\ˈfɛl.oʊ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fellow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,331
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fellow · fellow · French

fellow · rank #37,331 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,331
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH ficelé

Nearest frequency peer: ficelé (+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 « fellow »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fellow » 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).

fellow vs flow
67% similar
fellow vs fillon
67% similar
fellow vs follow
83% similar

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

Key facts for fellow
PropertyValue
Headwordfellow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈfɛl.oʊ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,331
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fellow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fellowse 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 « ficelé » (#37,332), « extensive » (#37,329), « fiez » (#37,333). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fellow » est au #37,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fellow (IPA \ˈfɛl.oʊ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,331 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fellow, with forms such as "efllow", "felloww", and "fellwo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "flow", "fillon", "follow", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fellow, spelled F-E-L-L-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ami, camarade.
  2. 2
    Collègue ou pair, partageant un intérêt ou une activité commune.
  3. 3
    Semblable en parlant d’êtres humains.
  4. 4
    Homme, mec.
  5. 5
    Membre.
  6. 6
    Titre honorifique dans les grandes sociétés anglo-saxonnes, généralement réservé aux branches techniques ou technologiques.
  7. 7
    Gars.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. For he’s a jolly good fellow, For he’s a jolly good fellow, For he’s a jolly good fellow… Which nobody can deny, Which nobody can deny, Which nobody can deny. For he’s a jolly good fellow, For he’s a jolly good fellow, For he’s a jolly good fellow… Which nobody can deny!
  2. Fellow citizen

Synonyms

friendcomradecolleaguehuman beingguy

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efllow
  • felloww
  • fellwo
  • felolw
  • felow
  • ffellow
  • flelow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efllow2felloww1fellwo2felolw2felow1ffellow1flelow2
Edit distance from "fellow"

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 "fellow"?
"fellow" is spelled F-E-L-L-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfɛl.oʊ\.
What does "fellow" mean?
As a noun, "fellow" means: Ami, camarade.
What words are commonly confused with "fellow"?
"fellow" is commonly confused with "flow", "fillon", "follow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fellow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fellow" is \ˈfɛl.oʊ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fellow" come from?
"fellow" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ficelé#37,332exhibe#37,326harkis#37,358hybrid#37,369

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

frame7 variantsgotha7 variantshamac7 variantshymen7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list