Which to use
“feels” and “foes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,338
- “feels” frequency rank
- #16,472
- “foes” frequency rank
- 17810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feels | foes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch | plural of foe |
Where the eye mixes feels and foes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between feels and foes
A purely visual mix-up. feels (/fiːlz/) and foes (/fəʊz/) 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 17810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feels is recorded at frequency rank #1,338, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːlz/. foes is at rank #16,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fəʊz/.
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 17810, this pair ranks #448,969 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feels vs foes
Shared letters: efs. Private to "feels": l. Private to "foes": o.
"feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "foes" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feels" and "foes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "feels" or "foes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "feels" and "foes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #448,969 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feels" and "foes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foes vs FOMO". 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 #448,969 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.