feelsvsNetteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,663
“feels” frequency rank
#3,060
“Nette” frequency rank
52723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feels Nette
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel linker Nebenfluss des Rheins, der bei Weißenthurm in den Mittelrhein mündet

Letter map: feels vs Nette

Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and Nette apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. feels (CVVCC) and Nette (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
feels
5 ch
Nette

Grammar separator: feels vs Nette

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and Netteaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nette is at rank #3,060, 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 52723, this pair ranks #1,085,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feels vs Nette

Shared letters: e. Private to "feels": fls. Private to "Nette": nt.

"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Nette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
  • Netteentte · nete · netet · nnette · ntete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feels" and "Nette" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feels" is a verb and "Nette" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feels" or "Nette"?
"Nette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,060 in our German list, against #49,663 for "feels". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "feels" vs "Nette" 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 "Nette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,085,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feels" and "Nette" 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 #1,085,798 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