feelsvsfieldsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#33,042
“fields” frequency rank
82705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels fields
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel Plural des Substantivs field

Letter map: feels vs fields

Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and fields apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
feels
6 ch
fields

Part-of-speech tell for feels / fields

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and fieldsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fields is at rank #33,042, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fiːldz].

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 82705, this pair ranks #152,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs fields

Shared letters: efls. Private to "feels": -. Private to "fields": di.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • fieldsfeilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feels" for "fields" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "fields" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "feels" vs "fields" - which ranks higher?
"fields" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,042 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fields" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "fields" 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 #152,527 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