Which to use
“feast” is a noun and “fewest” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,689
- “feast” frequency rank
- #27,834
- “fewest” frequency rank
- 35523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feast | fewest |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one | superlative degree of few; the smallest number. |
Letter map: feast vs fewest
Shared letters muted; letters that set feast and fewest apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. feast runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against fewest's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - feast and fewest
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feast is anoun and fewestadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35523, 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/. fewest is at rank #27,834, tagged as adet.
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 35523, this pair ranks #311,215 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feast vs fewest
Shared letters: efst. Private to "feast": a. Private to "fewest": w.
"feast" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "fewest" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feast" and "fewest" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feast" vs "fewest" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "feast" and "fewest". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "feast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fewest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,215 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feast" and "fewest" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fealty vs feast". 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 #311,215 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.