Which to use
“feels” is a verb and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,663
- “feels” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 49987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feels | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feel | von |
Letter map: feels vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set feels and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for feels / of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feels is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feels is recorded at frequency rank #49,663, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 49987, this pair ranks #1,190,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feels vs of
Shared letters: f. Private to "feels": els. Private to "of": o.
"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feels ← efels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · ffeels
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feels" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "feels" or "of" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feels" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,190,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feels" and "of" 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 #1,190,840 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.