feedsvsNahmenTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank
#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
50649
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feeds Nahmen
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed männlicher Vorname

Letter map: feeds vs Nahmen

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feeds runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Nahmen's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feeds
6 ch
Nahmen

Role in the sentence - feeds and Nahmen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, tagged as aname, 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 50649, this pair ranks #1,165,734 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Nahmen

Shared letters: e. Private to "feeds": dfs. Private to "Nahmen": ahmn.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feedsefeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feeds" and "Nahmen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Nahmen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Nahmen" show up more?
"Nahmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,510 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.

What to do next

Pair "feeds" vs "Nahmen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,165,734 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feeds" and "Nahmen" 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 #1,165,734 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