feelsvsfieldWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#17,888
“field” frequency rank
67551
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels field
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel Feld, Acker

Letter map: feels vs field

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

5 ch
feels
5 ch
field

Role in the sentence - feels and field

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and fieldanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. field is at rank #17,888, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fiːld].

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 67551, this pair ranks #536,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs field

Shared letters: efl. Private to "feels": s. Private to "field": di.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "field" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • fieldfeild · ffield · fiedl · fieldd · fielld · filed · ifeld

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feels" and "field" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "field" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feels" or "field"?
"field" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,888 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "feels" vs "field" 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 "field" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #536,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "field" 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 #536,442 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