féodal

\fe.ɔ.dal\

/\fe.ɔ.dal\/ adj

The verdict

“féodal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,562
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à un fief, qui concerne un fief.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feodal · féodal · French

féodal · rank #23,562 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,562
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH félicitation

Nearest frequency peer: félicitation (-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 « féodal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « féodal » 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).

féodal vs focal
67% similar
féodal vs floral
67% similar
féodal vs féodale
86% similar

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

Key facts for féodal
PropertyValue
Headwordféodal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.ɔ.dal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,562
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « féodal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).féodalse 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 « félicitation » (#23,561), « gal » (#23,563), « fâche » (#23,560). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « féodal » est au #23,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around féodal (IPA \fe.ɔ.dal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,562 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for féodal, with forms such as "feodal", "fféodal", and "foédal". 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, "focal", "floral", "féodale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is féodal, spelled F-É-O-D-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient à un fief, qui concerne un fief.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne les usages, les coutumes, la société de la féodalité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Droit féodal. - En matière féodale.
  2. Nous ne pouvons pas, quant à nous, suivre le Père Schneider dans cette voie ultra-personnalisante et, à notre sens, féodale, des « puissances politiques ».

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feodal
  • fféodal
  • foédal
  • fédoal
  • féoadl
  • féodall
  • féoddal
  • féodla
  • éfodal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of féodal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

feodal1fféodal1foédal2fédoal2féoadl2féodall1féoddal1féodla2
Edit distance from "féodal"

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 "féodal"?
"féodal" is spelled F-É-O-D-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.ɔ.dal\.
What does "féodal" mean?
As an adjective, "féodal" means: Qui appartient à un fief, qui concerne un fief.
What words are commonly confused with "féodal"?
"féodal" is commonly confused with "focal", "floral", "féodale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "féodal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "féodal" is \fe.ɔ.dal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "féodal" come from?
"féodal" 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 "féodal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list