feelvsfeelsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“feel” and “feels” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,994
“feel” frequency rank
#44,199
“feels” frequency rank
65193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feel feels
Definition Sentir. Tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) del presente simple del verbo (to) feel.

Where the eye mixes feel and feels

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
feel
5 ch
feels

Look-alike desk: feel vs feels

A purely visual mix-up. feel (/fiːl/) and feels (/fiːlz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “feel” sits inside “feels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feel is recorded at frequency rank #20,994, classified as averb, pronounced /fiːl/. feels is at rank #44,199, tagged as averb, pronounced /fiːlz/.

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 65193, this pair ranks #43,372 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feel vs feels

Shared letters: efl. Private to "feel": -. Private to "feels": s.

"feel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelefel · feell · fel · fele · ffeel
  • feelsefels · feells · feelss · feesl · feles · fels · ffeels

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feel" and "feels" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/fiːl/ versus /fiːlz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "feel" vs "feels" - which ranks higher?
"feel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,994 in our Spanish list, against #44,199 for "feels". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "feel" and "feels" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,372 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feel" and "feels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feels vs fes". 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 #43,372 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list