feelsvsFelleWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#31,039
“Felle” frequency rank
80702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels Felle
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fell

Letter map: feels vs Felle

Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and Felle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. feels (CVVCC) and Felle (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
feels
5 ch
Felle

Grammar separator: feels vs Felle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and Felleanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Felle is at rank #31,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛlə].

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 80702, this pair ranks #190,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs Felle

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

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Felle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feels ← efels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • Felle ← eflle · felel · ffelle · flele

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feels" and "Felle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "Felle" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feels" or "Felle" show up more?
"Felle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,039 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.

What to do next

Pair "feels" vs "Felle" 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 "Felle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "Felle" 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 #190,242 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