feedsvsSvenConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#48,139
“feeds” frequency rank
#6,727
“Sven” frequency rank
54866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: feeds vs Sven

Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and Sven apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feeds runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Sven's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feeds
4 ch
Sven

Grammar separator: feeds vs Sven

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and Svenaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sven is at rank #6,727, 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 54866, this pair ranks #1,001,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeds vs Sven

Shared letters: es. Private to "feeds": df. Private to "Sven": nv.

"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Sven" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feeds ← efeds · fedes · feds · feedds · feedss · feesd · ffeeds
  • Sven ← sevn · ssven · svenn · svne · svven · vsen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feeds" for "Sven" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feeds" is a verb and "Sven" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feeds" or "Sven" show up more?
"Sven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,727 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "feeds" and "Sven". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feeds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,001,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feeds" and "Sven" 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 #1,001,939 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