féral
\fe.ʁal\
The verdict
“féral” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie une espèce domestique animale qui est retournée à l’état sauvage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | féral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “féral” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for féral is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fe.ʁal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for féral in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is féral, spelled F-É-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une espèce domestique animale qui est retournée à l’état sauvage.
- 2Qualifie une espèce végétale, une variété ou un cultivar, qui croît, de manière subspontanée, hors de l'espace destiné à sa culture.
- 3Qualifie un élément artificiel ayant un impact qui n’a pas été prévu lors de sa conception ; qui échappe à la maîtrise humaine.
- 4Qualifie en astrologie une planète du thème astral qui ne forme aucun angle remarquable avec les autres planètes du thème.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “féral”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-É-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fe.ʁal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.