Which to use
“features” is a verb and “psychology” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,866
- “features” frequency rank
- #43,427
- “psychology” frequency rank
- 55293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | features | psychology |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature | Psychologie; das Studium des menschlichen Geistes und seiner Funktionen und Einflussnahmen auf das menschliche Verhalten |
Letter map: features vs psychology
Shared letters muted; letters that set features and psychology apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against psychology's 10 (CCVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for features / psychology
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and psychologyanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. psychology is at rank #43,427, 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 55293, this pair ranks #985,250 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of features vs psychology
Shared letters: s. Private to "features": aefrtu. Private to "psychology": cghlopy.
"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "psychology" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- features ← efatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
- psychology ← ppsychology · pscyhology · pssychology · psycchology · psychhology · psychloogy · psycholgoy · psychollogy
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "features" for "psychology" ever safe?
Which is more common, "features" or "psychology"?
Useful next steps
Pair "features" vs "psychology" 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 "psychology" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #985,250 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "features" and "psychology" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "psychology 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 #985,250 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.