feedsvsFelsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank
#11,867
“Fels” frequency rank
60006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feeds Fels
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed zusammenhängende Masse festen Gesteins (Singular 1)

Letter map: feeds vs Fels

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and Fels apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. feeds runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Fels's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feeds
4 ch
Fels

Part-of-speech tell for feeds / Fels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Felsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fels is at rank #11,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛls].

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 60006, this pair ranks #803,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Fels

Shared letters: efs. Private to "feeds": d. Private to "Fels": l.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feeds ← efeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
  • Fels ← efls · fells · felss · fesl · ffels · fles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feeds" for "Fels" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Fels" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Fels" show up more?
"Fels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,867 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 "Fels".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #803,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feeds" and "Fels" 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 #803,116 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