feelsvsFellWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: feels is a verb, Fell is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feels” is a verb and “Fell” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#8,708
“Fell” frequency rank
58371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels Fell
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel die behaarte Haut eines Tieres

Letter map: feels vs Fell

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

5 ch
feels
4 ch
Fell

Part-of-speech tell for feels / Fell

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and Fellanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fell is at rank #8,708, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛl].

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 58371, this pair ranks #865,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs Fell

Shared letters: efl. Private to "feels": s. Private to "Fell": -.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Fell" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • Fellefll · fel · ffell · flel

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feels" for "Fell" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "Fell" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feels" or "Fell"?
"Fell" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,708 in our German list, against #49,663 for "feels". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "feels" vs "Fell" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fell" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #865,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "Fell" 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 #865,368 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