feeds vs Feld, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank: #1,966
“Feld” frequency rank: 50105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feeds	Feld
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed	Acker; eine Fläche, auf der Pflanzen für eine Ernte angebaut werden

Letter map: feeds vs Feld

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

5 ch

feeds

4 ch

Feld

Part-of-speech tell for feeds / Feld

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Feldanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Feld is at rank #1,966, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛlt].

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 50105, this pair ranks #1,186,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Feld

Shared letters: def. Private to "feeds": s. Private to "Feld": l.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

feeds ← efeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
Feld ← efld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feeds" for "Feld" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Feld" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Feld" show up more?

"Feld" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,966 in our German list, against #48,139 for "feeds". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Feld" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,186,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"feeds" and "Feld" 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 #1,186,465 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.