Which to use
“feuding” is a noun and “fouling” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,839
- “feuding” frequency rank
- #32,811
- “fouling” frequency rank
- 71650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuding | fouling |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participation in feuds. | present participle and gerund of foul |
Letter map: feuding vs fouling
Shared letters muted; letters that set feuding and fouling apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. feuding and fouling follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - feuding and fouling
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feuding is anoun and foulingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuding is recorded at frequency rank #38,839, classified as anoun. fouling is at rank #32,811, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/.
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 71650, this pair ranks #45,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feuding vs fouling
Shared letters: fginu. Private to "feuding": de. Private to "fouling": lo.
"feuding" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "fouling" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feuding" for "fouling" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feuding" vs "fouling" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "feuding" vs "fouling" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuding" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fouling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuding" and "fouling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fondling vs fouling". 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 #45,942 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.