How to spell feeling

hear itfeel·ing/'filɪŋ/nounRules and real life

What it means: An emotional state or sensation.

In a sentence: I have a happy feeling when I see my puppy wagging its tail.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as feelingg or feellng.

Same family: feels, felt, feelings, emotional, sensation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Feeling” comes from the Old English verb *fēlan*, meaning “to touch or perceive by touch.” Over time, its meaning expanded from physical touch to the emotional atmosphere or mood that people sense in a place or situation.

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