View source for Feeling - felling

It's not unusual for casual typing to double the wrong letter in the combination 'fe_ling', and write '''felling''' when one means '''feeling'''. The error, which will not be marked by most spellcheckers,  may be compounded by the fact that non-native speakers may not be aware of the [[verb (word class)|verb]] 'to '''fell''''.
*'To '''feel'''' means to experience, either through touch or through emotion. You can '''feel''' the nature of some cloths, or the texture of some driftwood; in the dark, one may '''feel''' one's way through a strange house; and one may '''feel''' pain, or sorrow, or love, or joy. One can '''feel''' someone else's grief, or joy; one can '''feel for''' (sympathise) someone else in their misfortunes. The [[noun]] '''feeling''' is a general term meaning any one of the emotions listed above.
*'To '''fell'''' is to cut down a tree, or by extension, an opponent in a fight. It means 'to make [someone else or something] fall'.
:Both these verbs form an [[-ing]] participle and a [[verbal noun]] regularly - '''feeling''' and '''felling'''.

You may also want to seee [[fall - fell]].

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