Which to use
“features” is a verb and “maiden” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,866
- “features” frequency rank
- #42,670
- “maiden” frequency rank
- 54536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | features | maiden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature | die Maid, die Magd |
Letter map: features vs maiden
Shared letters muted; letters that set features and maiden apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against maiden's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for features / maiden
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and maidenanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. maiden is at rank #42,670, 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 54536, this pair ranks #1,015,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of features vs maiden
Shared letters: ae. Private to "features": frstu. Private to "maiden": dimn.
"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "maiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "features" and "maiden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "features" vs "maiden" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maiden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,015,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "features" and "maiden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maiden 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 #1,015,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.