featuresvsTOConfusable pair

Quick tell: features is a verb, TO is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,866
“features” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
12455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature features TO
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feature KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: features vs TO

Shared letters muted; letters that set features and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

8 ch
features
2 ch
TO

Role in the sentence - features and TO

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: features is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

features is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced […]. TO is at rank #589, tagged as anabbrev, 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 12455, this pair ranks #1,964,088 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of features vs TO

Shared letters: t. Private to "features": aefrsu. Private to "TO": o.

"features" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featuresefatures · faetures · featrues · feattures · featuers · featuress · featurres · featurse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "features" and "TO" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "features" is a verb and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "features" or "TO"?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #11,866 for "features". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "features" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "TO" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,964,088 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "features" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "features 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 #1,964,088 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