FeldvsfeyWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Feld is a noun, fey is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Feld” is a noun and “fey” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,966
“Feld” frequency rank
#43,868
“fey” frequency rank
45834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Feld fey
Definition Acker; eine Fläche, auf der Pflanzen für eine Ernte angebaut werden (aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht

Letter map: Feld vs fey

Shared letters muted; letters that set Feld and fey apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Feld
3 ch
fey

Part-of-speech tell for Feld / fey

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Feld is anoun and feyanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Feld is recorded at frequency rank #1,966, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛlt]. fey is at rank #43,868, tagged as anadj, 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 45834, this pair ranks #1,339,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Feld vs fey

Shared letters: ef. Private to "Feld": dl. Private to "fey": y.

"Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fey" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Feldefld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Feld" and "fey" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Feld" is a noun and "fey" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Feld" or "fey"?
"Feld" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,966 in our German list, against #43,868 for "fey". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Feld" and "fey".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Feld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,339,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Feld" and "fey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fey 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 #1,339,694 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