feelsvsHamiltonTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#7,185
“Hamilton” frequency rank
56848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels Hamilton
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel Stadt in Schottland

Letter map: feels vs Hamilton

Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and Hamilton apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feels runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Hamilton's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feels
8 ch
Hamilton

Grammar separator: feels vs Hamilton

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and Hamiltonaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hamilton is at rank #7,185, tagged as aname, 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 56848, this pair ranks #924,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs Hamilton

Shared letters: l. Private to "feels": efs. Private to "Hamilton": ahimnot.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Hamilton" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feels ← efels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • Hamilton ← ahmilton · haimlton · hamillton · hamilotn · hamiltno · hamiltonn · hamiltton · hamitlon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feels" for "Hamilton" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "Hamilton" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "feels" or "Hamilton" show up more?
"Hamilton" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,185 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 "Hamilton".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hamilton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #924,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "Hamilton" 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 #924,313 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