Which to use
“features” is a verb and “profession” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,866
- “features” frequency rank
- #37,735
- “profession” frequency rank
- 49601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | features | profession |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature | Stand, Beruf, Metier, Berufszweig |
Letter map: features vs profession
Shared letters muted; letters that set features and profession apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against profession's 10 (CCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: features vs profession
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and professionanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. profession is at rank #37,735, 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 49601, this pair ranks #1,205,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of features vs profession
Shared letters: efrs. Private to "features": atu. Private to "profession": inop.
"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "profession" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- features ← efatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
- profession ← porfession · pprofession · prfoession · proefssion · profesion · profesison · professino · professionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "features" and "profession" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "features" vs "profession" - 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 "profession" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,205,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "features" and "profession" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profession 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 #1,205,311 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.