featuresvsmediaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#2,351
“media” frequency rank
14217
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features media
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature Durchschnitt

Letter map: features vs media

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and media apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

8 ch
features
5 ch
media

Part-of-speech tell for features / media

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and mediaanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. media is at rank #2,351, 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 14217, this pair ranks #1,952,767 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of features vs media

Shared letters: ae. Private to "features": frstu. Private to "media": dim.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "media" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • mediaemdia · mdeia · medai · meddia · meida · mmedia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "features" for "media" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "features" is a verb and "media" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "features" vs "media" - which ranks higher?
"media" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,351 in our German list, against #11,866 for "features". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "media" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,952,767 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "media" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "features 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 #1,952,767 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