Which to use
“features” is a verb and “foods” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,866
- “features” frequency rank
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- 55745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | features | foods |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature | Plural des Substantivs food |
Letter map: features vs foods
Shared letters muted; letters that set features and foods apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against foods's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - features and foods
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and foodsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. foods is at rank #43,879, tagged as anoun, 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 55745, this pair ranks #967,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of features vs foods
Shared letters: fs. Private to "features": aertu. Private to "foods": do.
"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "features" for "foods" ever safe?
Frequency check: "features" vs "foods" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "features" and "foods". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #967,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "features" and "foods" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foods 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 #967,462 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.