featuresvsrecordingConfusable pair

Which to use

“features” and “recording” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#44,871
“recording” frequency rank
56737
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features recording
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs record

Letter map: features vs recording

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and recording apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against recording's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
features
9 ch
recording

Pair insight - features / recording

features and recording are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. recording is at rank #44,871, tagged as averb, 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 56737, this pair ranks #928,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs recording

Shared letters: er. Private to "features": afstu. Private to "recording": cdgino.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "recording" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • features ← efatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • recording ← ercording · rceording · reccording · recodring · recordding · recordign · recordingg · recordinng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "features" and "recording" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "features" vs "recording" - which ranks higher?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #44,871 for "recording". 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 "recording". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recording" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #928,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "recording" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs recording". 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 #928,593 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