Which to use
“feast” and “FES” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,689
- “feast” frequency rank
- #39,812
- “FES” frequency rank
- 47501
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feast | FES |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one | Initialism of floppy eyelid syndrome |
Letter map: feast vs FES
Shared letters muted; letters that set feast and FES apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on feast vs FES
feast and FES are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feast is recorded at frequency rank #7,689, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːst/. FES is at rank #39,812, tagged as anoun.
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 47501, this pair ranks #201,828 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feast vs FES
Shared letters: efs. Private to "feast": at. Private to "FES": -.
"feast" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "FES" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feast ← efast · faest · feasst · feastt · feats · fesat · ffeast
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feast" for "FES" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feast" vs "FES" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "feast" vs "FES" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "feast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "FES" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,828 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feast" and "FES" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FES vs foh". 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 #201,828 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.