Which to use
“feeling” is an adjective and “felling” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #769
- “feeling” frequency rank
- #38,837
- “felling” frequency rank
- 39606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feeling | felling |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emotionally sensitive. | The act by which something is felled. |
Letter map: feeling vs felling
Shared letters muted; letters that set feeling and felling apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. feeling (CVVCVCC) and felling (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - feeling and felling
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeling is anadjective and fellinganoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “feeling” becomes l in “felling”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39606, 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/. felling is at rank #38,837, tagged as anoun.
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 39606, this pair ranks #275,145 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feeling vs felling
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "feeling": -. Private to "felling": -.
"feeling" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "felling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feeling" and "felling" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "feeling" or "felling" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "feeling" vs "felling" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "feeling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "felling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,145 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feeling" and "felling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felling vs Fuelling". 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 #275,145 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.