feelsvsfehltWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“feels” and “fehlt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#950
“fehlt” frequency rank
50613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels fehlt
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel Imperativ Plural (ihr) des Verbs fehlen

Letter map: feels vs fehlt

Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and fehlt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
feels
5 ch
fehlt

Pair insight - feels / fehlt

feels and fehlt are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fehlt is at rank #950, tagged as averb, pronounced [feːlt].

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 50613, this pair ranks #1,167,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs fehlt

Shared letters: efl. Private to "feels": s. Private to "fehlt": ht.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "fehlt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • fehltefhlt · fehhlt · fehllt · fehltt · fehtl · felht · ffehlt · fhelt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feels" and "fehlt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "feels" vs "fehlt" - which ranks higher?
"fehlt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #950 in our German list, against #49,663 for "feels". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "feels" and "fehlt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fehlt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,167,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "fehlt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feels 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 #1,167,059 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