feetvsFeierTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,651
“feet” frequency rank
#3,441
“Feier” frequency rank
38092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feet Feier
Definition Plural des Substantivs foot festliche Veranstaltung aus einem bestimmten Anlass

Where the eye mixes feet and Feier

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
feet
5 ch
Feier

Look-alike desk: feet vs Feier

A purely visual mix-up. feet ([fiːt]) and Feier ([ˈfaɪ̯ɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feet is recorded at frequency rank #34,651, classified as anoun, pronounced [fiːt]. Feier is at rank #3,441, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaɪ̯ɐ].

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 38092, this pair ranks #1,573,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of feet vs Feier

Shared letters: ef. Private to "feet": t. Private to "Feier": ir.

"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Feier" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feetefet · feett · ffeet
  • Feierefier · feeir · feierr · feire · ffeier · fieer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feet" and "Feier" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fiːt] versus [ˈfaɪ̯ɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "feet" or "Feier" show up more?
"Feier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,441 in our German list, against #34,651 for "feet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "feet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Feier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,573,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feet" and "Feier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feet 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 #1,573,029 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