Which to use
“fühlen” is a verb and “Fühler” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,290
- “fühlen” frequency rank
- #27,311
- “Fühler” frequency rank
- 28601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fühlen | Fühler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | per Tastsinn beziehungsweise allgemein über die Haut wahrnehmen oder erkunden | Körperteil, das zum Tasten und Fühlen verwendet wird (meist bei Insekten etc.) |
Where the eye mixes fühlen and Fühler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fühlen and Fühler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fühlen vs Fühler
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fühlen is [ˈfyːlən] while Fühler is [ˈfyːlɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “fühlen” becomes r in “Fühler”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fühlen is recorded at frequency rank #1,290, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfyːlən]. Fühler is at rank #27,311, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfyːlɐ].
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 28601, this pair ranks #1,781,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fühlen vs Fühler
Shared letters: efhlü. Private to "fühlen": n. Private to "Fühler": r.
"fühlen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Fühler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fühlen" for "Fühler" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fühlen" or "Fühler"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fühlen" and "Fühler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fühlen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Fühler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,781,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fühlen" and "Fühler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fühler vs Fünfer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,781,864 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.