featuresvspleasureTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#44,852
“pleasure” frequency rank
56718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features pleasure
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature das Vergnügen, das Wohlgefallen, das Behagen, die Freude

Letter map: features vs pleasure

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and pleasure apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. features (CVVCVCVC) and pleasure (CCVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
features
8 ch
pleasure

Role in the sentence - features and pleasure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and pleasureanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 8 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. pleasure is at rank #44,852, 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 56718, this pair ranks #929,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs pleasure

Shared letters: aersu. Private to "features": ft. Private to "pleasure": lp.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "pleasure" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • features ← efatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • pleasure ← lpeasure · pelasure · plaesure · pleasrue · pleassure · pleasuer · pleasurre · pleausre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "features" and "pleasure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "features" is a verb and "pleasure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "features" vs "pleasure" - which ranks higher?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #44,852 for "pleasure". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "features" vs "pleasure" 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 "pleasure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #929,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "pleasure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pleasure 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 #929,311 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