Which to use
“feels” is a verb and “long” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,663
- “feels” frequency rank
- #6,559
- “long” frequency rank
- 56222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feels | long |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel | Schiff |
Letter map: feels vs long
Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and long apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feels runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against long's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for feels / long
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and longanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. long is at rank #6,559, 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 56222, this pair ranks #948,641 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feels vs long
Shared letters: l. Private to "feels": efs. Private to "long": gno.
"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feels" and "long" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feels" vs "long" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feels" and "long".
- Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "long" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #948,641 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feels" and "long" 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 #948,641 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.