Which to use
“feast” and “fleas” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,689
- “feast” frequency rank
- #25,061
- “fleas” frequency rank
- 32750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feast | fleas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one | plural of flea |
Where the eye mixes feast and fleas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. feast (CVVCC) and fleas (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between feast and fleas
A purely visual mix-up. feast (/fiːst/) and fleas (/ˈfliːz/) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32750, 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/. fleas is at rank #25,061, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfliːz/.
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 32750, this pair ranks #335,228 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feast vs fleas
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "feast": t. Private to "fleas": l.
"feast" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "fleas" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feast" and "fleas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "feast" or "fleas" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "feast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fleas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,228 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feast" and "fleas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleas vs fleck". 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 #335,228 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.