feedsvsFehdeTell them apart

Quick tell: feeds is a verb, Fehde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feeds” is a verb and “Fehde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank
#30,552
“Fehde” frequency rank
78691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feeds Fehde
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed kämpferische Auseinandersetzung, um Ansprüche durchzusetzen; früher eine Streithandlung mit Waffengewalt, heute in übertragenem Sinne länger währende Auseinandersetzung mit anderen Mitteln, zum Beispiel mit dem gesprochenen Wort

Letter map: feeds vs Fehde

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and Fehde apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
feeds
5 ch
Fehde

Role in the sentence - feeds and Fehde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Fehdeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fehde is at rank #30,552, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfeːdə].

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 78691, this pair ranks #232,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Fehde

Shared letters: def. Private to "feeds": s. Private to "Fehde": h.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Fehde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feedsefeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
  • Fehdeefhde · fedhe · fehdde · fehed · fehhde · ffehde · fhede

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feeds" and "Fehde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Fehde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Fehde" show up more?
"Fehde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,552 in our German list, against #48,139 for "feeds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feeds" and "Fehde".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fehde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feeds" and "Fehde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feeds 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 #232,639 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