Which to use
“feeling” is an adjective and “feuding” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #769
- “feeling” frequency rank
- #38,839
- “feuding” frequency rank
- 39608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feeling | feuding |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emotionally sensitive. | Participation in feuds. |
Letter map: feeling vs feuding
Shared letters muted; letters that set feeling and feuding apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. feeling and feuding follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for feeling / feuding
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeling is anadjective and feudinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39608, 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/. feuding is at rank #38,839, 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 39608, this pair ranks #275,122 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feeling vs feuding
Shared letters: efgin. Private to "feeling": l. Private to "feuding": du.
"feeling" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "feuding" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feeling" and "feuding" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "feeling" or "feuding"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "feeling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuding" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,122 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feeling" and "feuding" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felling vs feuding". 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 #275,122 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.