fallsvsfeelsTell them apart

Quick tell: falls is a conjunction, feels is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“falls” is a conjunction and “feels” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#698
“falls” frequency rank
#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
50361
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature falls feels
Definition für den Fall, dass …; unter der Bedingung, dass … 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel

Letter map: falls vs feels

Shared letters muted; letters that set falls and feels apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
falls
5 ch
feels

Grammar separator: falls vs feels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: falls is aconjunction and feelsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

falls is recorded at frequency rank #698, classified as aconj, pronounced [fals]. feels is at rank #49,663, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50361, this pair ranks #1,176,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of falls vs feels

Shared letters: fls. Private to "falls": a. Private to "feels": e.

"falls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fallsaflls · fallss · fals · falsl · ffalls · flals
  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "falls" and "feels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "falls" is a conjunction and "feels" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "falls" or "feels" show up more?
"falls" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #698 in our German list, against #49,663 for "feels". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "falls" vs "feels" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "falls" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,176,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "falls" and "feels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feels vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,176,587 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list