featuresvslilleWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: features is a verb, lille is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#31,159
“lille” frequency rank
43025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features lille
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature klein

Letter map: features vs lille

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and lille apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against lille's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
features
5 ch
lille

Grammar separator: features vs lille

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and lilleanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. lille is at rank #31,159, tagged as anadj, 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 43025, this pair ranks #1,430,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs lille

Shared letters: e. Private to "features": afrstu. Private to "lille": il.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "lille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • lilleillle · lile · lilel · llile · llille

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "features" for "lille" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "features" is a verb and "lille" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "features" or "lille" show up more?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #31,159 for "lille". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,430,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "lille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lille 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 #1,430,939 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