feelsvsfieleTell them apart

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#40,535
“fiele” frequency rank
90198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels fiele
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fallen

Letter map: feels vs fiele

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

5 ch
feels
5 ch
fiele

Corpus notes: feels and fiele

feels and fiele 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 90198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fiele is at rank #40,535, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfiːlə].

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 90198, this pair ranks #49,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs fiele

Shared letters: efl. Private to "feels": s. Private to "fiele": i.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "fiele" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feels ← efels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • fiele ← feile · ffiele · fieel · fielle · filee · ifele

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feels" and "fiele" 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.
In ordinary German text, does "feels" or "fiele" show up more?
"fiele" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,535 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feels" and "fiele".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fiele" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "fiele" 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 #49,354 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