feeds vs fields, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank: #33,042
“fields” frequency rank: 81181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feeds	fields
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed	Plural des Substantivs field

Letter map: feeds vs fields

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and fields apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

feeds

6 ch

fields

Grammar separator: feeds vs fields

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and fieldsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fields is at rank #33,042, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fiːldz].

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 81181, this pair ranks #180,724 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs fields

Shared letters: defs. Private to "feeds": -. Private to "fields": il.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

feeds ← efeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
fields ← feilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feeds" and "fields" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Frequency check: "feeds" vs "fields" - which ranks higher?

"fields" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,042 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.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fields" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #180,724 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"feeds" and "fields" 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 #180,724 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.