featuresvsgroupsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
50021
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features groups
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature Plural des Substantivs group

Letter map: features vs groups

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and groups apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against groups's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
features
6 ch
groups

Role in the sentence - features and groups

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and groupsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. groups is at rank #38,155, 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 50021, this pair ranks #1,189,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs groups

Shared letters: rsu. Private to "features": aeft. Private to "groups": gop.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • groupsggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "features" and "groups" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "features" is a verb and "groups" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "features" vs "groups" - which ranks higher?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #38,155 for "groups". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "features" and "groups".

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,189,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "groups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groups 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 #1,189,568 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