FeaturevsfeaturesTell them apart

Quick tell: Feature is a noun, features is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Feature” is a noun and “features” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,900
“Feature” frequency rank
#11,866
“features” frequency rank
21766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Feature features
Definition ein nicht-fiktionales Hörfunk-Genre 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature

Letter map: Feature vs features

Shared letters muted; letters that set Feature and features apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

7 ch
Feature
8 ch
features

Part-of-speech tell for Feature / features

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Feature is anoun and featuresaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Feature” sits inside “features”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Feature is recorded at frequency rank #9,900, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfiːt͡ʃɐ]. features is at rank #11,866, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 21766, this pair ranks #1,882,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Feature vs features

Shared letters: aefrtu. Private to "Feature": -. Private to "features": s.

"Feature" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Featureefature · faeture · featrue · featture · featuer · featurre · feautre · fetaure
  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Feature" and "features" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Feature" is a noun and "features" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Feature" vs "features" - which ranks higher?
"Feature" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,900 in our German list, against #11,866 for "features". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Feature" vs "features" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Feature" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "features" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,882,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Feature" and "features" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "features vs puzzles". 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 #1,882,422 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