feeling vs feline, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“feeling” and “feline” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#769
“feeling” frequency rank: #24,749
“feline” frequency rank: 25518
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feeling	feline
Definition	Emotionally sensitive.	Of or pertaining to cats.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set feeling and feline apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

feeling

6 ch

feline

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. feeling (/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/) and feline (/ˈfiːlaɪn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25518, 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/. feline is at rank #24,749, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfiːlaɪn/.

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 25518, this pair ranks #393,664 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feeling vs feline

Shared letters: efiln. Private to "feeling": g. Private to "feline": -.

"feeling" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "feline" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

feeling ← efeling · feeilng · feelign · feelingg · feelinng · feelling · feelnig · feleing
feline ← efline · feilne · felien · felinne · felline · felnie · ffeline · fleine

Frequency comparison

feeling#769

feline#24,749

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feeling" and "feline" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ versus /ˈfiːlaɪn/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "feeling" or "feline"?

"feeling" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #769 in our English list, against #24,749 for "feline". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering feeling vs feline

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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