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Feild vs. Field: Decoding the Right Spelling

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By Shumaila Saeed || Published on January 19, 2024
"Feild" is an incorrect spelling, while "Field" is correct, referring to an open area of land, especially used for agriculture or sports.
Feild vs. Field

Which is correct: Feild or Field

How to spell Field?

Feild is Incorrect

Field is Correct

How to remember correct spelling of Field?

Visualize a field, and imagine the letters I-E growing like crops in order.
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Break it down phonetically: "Fee-yuld," emphasizing the correct 'ie' placement.
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Remember the phrase "I before E except after C" doesn't apply here; it's "F-I-E-L-D."
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Associate "Field" with "Shield," focusing on the shared 'ie' sequence.
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Think of "Field" as a combination of 'Fie' from 'fiefdom' and 'ld' from 'land.'
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Field Definitions

A particular branch of knowledge or profession.
She is renowned in her field of medical research.
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An expanse of open, usually flat land.
Kids flew their kites in the large field near the hill.
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A broad, level, open expanse of land.
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A meadow
Cows grazing in a field.
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A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop
A field of corn.
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A portion of land or a geologic formation containing a specified natural resource
A copper field.
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A wide unbroken expanse, as of ice.
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A battleground.
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(Archaic) A battle.
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The scene or an area of military operations or maneuvers
Officers in the field.
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A background area, as on a flag, painting, or coin
A blue insignia on a field of red.
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(Heraldry) The background of a shield or one of the divisions of the background.
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An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory
Biologists working in the field.
A product tested in the field.
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An area or region where business activities are conducted
Sales representatives in the field.
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An area in which an athletic event takes place, especially the area inside or near to a running track, where field events are held.
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In baseball, the positions on defense or the ability to play defense
She excels in the field.
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In baseball, one of the three sections of the outfield
He can hit to any field.
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A range, area, or subject of human activity, interest, or knowledge
Several fields of endeavor.
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The contestants or participants in a competition or athletic event, especially those other than the favorite or winner.
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The body of riders following a pack of hounds in hunting.
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The people running in an election for a political office
The field has been reduced to three candidates.
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(Mathematics) A set of elements having two operations, designated addition and multiplication, satisfying the conditions that multiplication is distributive over addition, that the set is a group under addition, and that the elements with the exception of the additive identity form a group under multiplication.
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(Physics) A physical quantity in a region of space, such as gravitational force or fluid pressure, having a distinct value (scalar, vector, or tensor) at each point.
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The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument; field of view.
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An element of a database record in which one piece of information is stored.
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A space, as on an online form or request for information, that accepts the input of text
An address field.
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Growing, cultivated, or living in fields or open land.
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Made, used, or carried on in the field
Field operations.
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Working, operating, or active in the field
Field representatives of a firm.
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(Sports) To catch or pick up (a ball) and often make a throw to another player, especially in baseball.
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To respond to or deal with
Fielded tough questions from the press.
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(Sports) To place in the playing area
Field a team.
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To nominate in an election
Field a candidate.
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To put into action; deploy
Field an army of campaign workers.
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To enter (data) into a field.
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To play as a fielder
How well can he field?.
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A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
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The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
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A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
There were some cows grazing in a field.
A crop circle was made in a corn field.
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(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
An oil field; a gold field
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An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
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A place where competitive matches are carried out.
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A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
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An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
Soccer field
Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.
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A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
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A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
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(metonymically) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.
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Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
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(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
Magnetic field; gravitational field; scalar field
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Any of certain structures serving cognition.
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A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols.
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Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
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To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
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To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
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To place a team, its players, etc. in a game.
The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
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(transitive) To answer; to address.
She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
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(transitive) To defeat.
They fielded a fearsome army.
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(transitive) To execute research (in the field).
He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.
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To deploy in the field.
To field a new land-mine detector
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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
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A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.
Fields which promise corn and wine.
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A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
In this glorious and well-foughten field.
What though the field be lost?
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An open space; an extent; an expanse.
Without covering, save yon field of stars.
Ask of yonder argent fields above.
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The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
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An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.
Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
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A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
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That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; - called also outfield.
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To take the field.
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To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.
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To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.
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A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed;
He planted a field of wheat
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A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought;
They made a tour of Civil War battlefields
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Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected;
Anthropologists do much of their work in the field
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A branch of knowledge;
In what discipline is his doctorate?
Teachers should be well trained in their subject
Anthropology is the study of human beings
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The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
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A particular kind of commercial enterprise;
They are outstanding in their field
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A particular environment or walk of life;
His social sphere is limited
It was a closed area of employment
He's out of my orbit
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A piece of land prepared for playing a game;
The home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
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Extensive tract of level open land;
They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
He longed for the fields of his youth
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(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1;
The set of all rational numbers is a field
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A region in which active military operations are in progress;
The army was in the field awaiting action
He served in the Vietnam theater for three years
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All of the horses in a particular horse race
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All the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
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A geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found;
The diamond fields of South Africa
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(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
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The area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
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A place where planes take off and land
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Catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
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Play as a fielder
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Answer adequately or successfully;
The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
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Select (a team or individual player) for a game;
The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
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A piece of open land used for growing crops or raising animals.
The farmer plowed the field for spring planting.
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A designated area for playing sports like soccer or baseball.
The team celebrated their victory on the soccer field.
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A region affected by a particular force, like a magnetic or gravitational field.
The experiment studied Earth's magnetic field.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

How is "Field" used in physics?

In physics, "Field" refers to an area under the influence of specific forces, like a magnetic field.
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Can "Field" be used in a professional context?

Yes, "Field" can denote a particular area of expertise or study, such as the field of medicine.
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Is "Field" used in military terms?

Yes, in military terms, "Field" can refer to a battlefield or area of combat.
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Is "Field" an old English word?

Yes, "Field" originates from Old English "feld," meaning open land.
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How does "Field" apply to computers?

In computing, "Field" can refer to a specific area for data entry or display.
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Can "Field" be used in a geographical context?

Indeed, geographically, "Field" describes an expanse of open land, often used for agriculture.
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Is "Field" used metaphorically?

"Field" is often used metaphorically to represent a realm or domain of activity.
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What is the etymology of "Field"?

"Field" derives from Old English "feld," related to West Germanic and Old Norse words for open land.
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Are there idioms involving the word "Field"?

Yes, idioms like "play the field" or "left field" use the word "Field" metaphorically.
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Does "Field" have a scientific application?

Yes, in science, "Field" often refers to an area influenced by a specific force or parameter.
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How is "Field" used in mathematics?

In mathematics, a "Field" is a set with operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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Is "Feild" ever the correct spelling?

No, "Feild" is always an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Field."
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What does "Field" mean in the context of sports?

In sports, a "Field" refers to an area designated for playing games like football or baseball.
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Does "Field" have different meanings in different contexts?

Yes, "Field" can vary in meaning from agriculture, sports, academics, to science.
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What is a common mistake in spelling "Field"?

A common mistake is reversing the 'e' and 'i', spelling it as "Feild."
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