Which to use
“federal” is an adjective and “looks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,247
- “federal” frequency rank
- #28,298
- “looks” frequency rank
- 49545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | federal | looks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | föderativ | Plural des Substantivs look |
Letter map: federal vs looks
Shared letters muted; letters that set federal and looks apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. federal runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against looks's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for federal / looks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: federal is anadjective and looksanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
federal is recorded at frequency rank #21,247, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. looks is at rank #28,298, 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 49545, this pair ranks #1,207,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of federal vs looks
Shared letters: l. Private to "federal": adefr. Private to "looks": kos.
"federal" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "federal" for "looks" ever safe?
Frequency check: "federal" vs "looks" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "federal" and "looks".
- Full dictionary entry for "federal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "looks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,207,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "federal" and "looks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "looks 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 #1,207,465 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.