Which to use
“feeling” is an adjective and “feelings” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #769
- “feeling” frequency rank
- #1,996
- “feelings” frequency rank
- 2765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feeling | feelings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emotionally sensitive. | plural of feeling |
Where the eye mixes feeling and feelings
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feeling is /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ while feelings is /ˈfiː.lɪŋz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “feeling” sits inside “feelings”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feeling is recorded at frequency rank #769, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/. feelings is at rank #1,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfiː.lɪŋz/.
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 2765, this pair ranks #524,102 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feeling vs feelings
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "feeling": -. Private to "feelings": s.
"feeling" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "feelings" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCC