featvsfebWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: feat is a noun, feb is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feat” is a noun and “feb” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,279
“feat” frequency rank
#22,333
“feb” frequency rank
32612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feat feb
Definition bemerkenswerte oder außergewöhnliche Leistung oder Tat; Großtat Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar

Letter map: feat vs feb

Shared letters muted; letters that set feat and feb apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
feat
3 ch
feb

Grammar separator: feat vs feb

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feat is anoun and febanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feat is recorded at frequency rank #10,279, classified as anoun, pronounced [fiːt]. feb is at rank #22,333, tagged as anabbrev.

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 32612, this pair ranks #1,703,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of feat vs feb

Shared letters: ef. Private to "feat": at. Private to "feb": b.

"feat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "feb" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featefat · faet · featt · feta · ffeat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feat" for "feb" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feat" is a noun and "feb" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feat" or "feb"?
"feat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,279 in our German list, against #22,333 for "feb". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feat" and "feb".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feb" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,703,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feat" and "feb" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fay vs feb". 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 #1,703,884 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list