featuresvsstokesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#44,945
“stokes” frequency rank
56811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features stokes
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stoke

Letter map: features vs stokes

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and stokes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. features runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against stokes's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
features
6 ch
stokes

Corpus notes: features and stokes

features and stokes 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stokes is at rank #44,945, 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 56811, this pair ranks #925,695 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of features vs stokes

Shared letters: est. Private to "features": afru. Private to "stokes": ko.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "stokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • features ← efatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse
  • stokes ← sotkes · sstokes · stkoes · stoeks · stokess · stokkes · stokse · sttokes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "features" and "stokes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "features" or "stokes"?
"features" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our German list, against #44,945 for "stokes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "features" and "stokes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stokes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #925,695 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "stokes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stokes". 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 #925,695 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