Which to use
“feb” is an abbrev and “fegt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,333
- “feb” frequency rank
- #42,482
- “fegt” frequency rank
- 64815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feb | fegt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fegen |
Letter map: feb vs fegt
Shared letters muted; letters that set feb and fegt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for feb / fegt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feb is anabbrev and fegtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feb is recorded at frequency rank #22,333, classified as anabbrev. fegt is at rank #42,482, tagged as averb, pronounced [feːkt].
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 64815, this pair ranks #628,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feb vs fegt
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feb": b. Private to "fegt": gt.
"feb" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fegt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fegt ← efgt · feggt · fegtt · fetg · ffegt · fget
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feb" for "fegt" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feb" vs "fegt" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "feb" and "fegt". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "feb" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fegt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #628,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feb" and "fegt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fegt vs fist". 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 #628,288 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.