Which to use
“feels” is a verb and “food” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,663
- “feels” frequency rank
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- 56708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feels | food |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung |
Letter map: feels vs food
Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and food apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feels runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against food's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - feels and food
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and foodanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. food is at rank #7,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 56708, this pair ranks #929,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feels vs food
Shared letters: f. Private to "feels": els. Private to "food": do.
"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feels" and "food" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "feels" or "food" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "feels" vs "food" 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 "food" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #929,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feels" and "food" 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 #929,702 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.