featuresvsissuesTell them apart

Which to use

“features” and “issues” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#38,208
“issues” frequency rank
50074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features issues
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs issue

Letter map: features vs issues

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and issues apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against issues's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
features
6 ch
issues

Corpus notes: features and issues

features and issues are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. issues is at rank #38,208, 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 50074, this pair ranks #1,187,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs issues

Shared letters: esu. Private to "features": afrt. Private to "issues": i.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "issues" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • issuesisseus · issuess · issuse · isues · isuses · ißues · sisues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "features" and "issues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "features" vs "issues" - which ranks higher?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #38,208 for "issues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "features" and "issues". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "issues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,187,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "issues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issues 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 #1,187,627 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