feat

/[fiːt]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,279

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

feat is aGermannoun. It means: bemerkenswerte oder außergewöhnliche Leistung oder Tat; Großtat Pronounced [fiːt]. Often confused with fit and Fed.

Key facts for feat
PropertyValue
Headwordfeat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fiːt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,279
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of feat in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for feat is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,279 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bemerkenswerte oder außergewöhnliche Leistung oder Tat; Großtat".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for feat, with forms such as "efat", "faet", and "featt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fit", "Fed", "fee", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is feat, spelled F-E-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bemerkenswerte oder außergewöhnliche Leistung oder Tat; Großtat

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efat,faet,featt,feta,ffeat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for feat

Misspelling Variants of "feat"

efat4faet4featt5feta4ffeat5
Misspelling Variants of "feat"

Frequency rank: #10,279 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feat"?
"feat" is spelled F-E-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fiːt].
What does "feat" mean?
As a noun, "feat" means: bemerkenswerte oder außergewöhnliche Leistung oder Tat; Großtat
What words are commonly confused with "feat"?
"feat" is commonly confused with "fit", "Fed", "fee". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feat" is [fiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feat" come from?
"feat" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.