felt

\fɛlt\

/\fɛlt\/ verb

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The verdict

“felt” is uncommon French (frequency #67,512 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,512
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prétérit de feel.

Key facts for felt
PropertyValue
Headwordfelt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛlt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “felt” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). felt lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

felt is uncommon French at frequency #67,512 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛlt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for felt, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 felt, spelled F-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prétérit de feel.
  2. 2
    Participe passé de feel.

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 "felt"?
"felt" is spelled F-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛlt\.
What does "felt" mean?
As a verb, "felt" means: Prétérit de feel.
How do you pronounce "felt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "felt" is \fɛlt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "felt" come from?
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Using “felt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-E-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛlt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list