Which to use
“feeds” is a verb and “south” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,139
- “feeds” frequency rank
- #8,947
- “south” frequency rank
- 57086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feeds | south |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed | Himmelsrichtung; Süden |
Letter map: feeds vs south
Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and south apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feeds and south follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for feeds / south
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and southanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. south is at rank #8,947, tagged as anoun, 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 57086, this pair ranks #915,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feeds vs south
Shared letters: s. Private to "feeds": def. Private to "south": hotu.
"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "south" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "feeds" and "south". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "south" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #915,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feeds" and "south" 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 #915,028 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.