Which to use
“fears” and “feast” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,416
- “fears” frequency rank
- #7,689
- “feast” frequency rank
- 13105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fears | feast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of fear | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one |
Where the eye mixes fears and feast
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between fears and feast
A purely visual mix-up. fears (/fɪəz/) and feast (/fiːst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fears is recorded at frequency rank #5,416, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɪəz/. feast is at rank #7,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fiːst/.
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 13105, this pair ranks #477,742 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fears vs feast
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "fears": r. Private to "feast": t.
"fears" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "feast" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fears" and "feast" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fears" or "feast"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fears" and "feast" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fears" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feast" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #477,742 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fears" and "feast" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fars vs fears". 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 #477,742 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.