feedsvsNicoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank
#8,428
“Nico” frequency rank
56567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: feeds vs Nico

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and Nico apart highlighted. No shared letter run. feeds runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Nico's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feeds
4 ch
Nico

Grammar separator: feeds vs Nico

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Nicoaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nico is at rank #8,428, 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 56567, this pair ranks #935,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Nico

Shared letters: none. Private to "feeds": defs. Private to "Nico": cino.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Nico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feeds ← efeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
  • Nico ← inco · ncio · nicco · nioc · nnico

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feeds" and "Nico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Nico" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Nico" show up more?
"Nico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,428 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

Pair "feeds" vs "Nico" 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 "Nico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #935,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feeds" and "Nico" 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 #935,272 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