feelvsferaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,877
“feel” frequency rank
#9,053
“fera” frequency rank
20930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feel fera
Definition tato, sensação, percepção, impressão animal feroz e carnívoro

Letter map: feel vs fera

Shared letters muted; letters that set feel and fera apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
feel
4 ch
fera

Corpus notes: feel and fera

feel and fera are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feel is recorded at frequency rank #11,877, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːl/. fera is at rank #9,053, 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 20930, this pair ranks #49,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feel vs fera

Shared letters: ef. Private to "feel": l. Private to "fera": ar.

"feel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feelefel · feell · fele · ffeel
  • feraefra · fear · ffera · frea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feel" for "fera" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "feel" vs "fera" - which ranks higher?
"fera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,053 in our Portuguese list, against #11,877 for "feel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feel" and "fera".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feel" and "fera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feel vs fern". 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 #49,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list