featvsFETConfusable pair

Quick tell: feat is a noun, FET is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feat” is a noun and “FET” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,227
“feat” frequency rank
#40,696
“FET” frequency rank
47923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feat FET
Definition A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment. Ellipsis of FET y de las JONS, a political party in Francoist Spain.

Letter map: feat vs FET

Shared letters muted; letters that set feat and FET apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
feat
3 ch
FET

Role in the sentence - feat and FET

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feat is anoun and FETaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feat is recorded at frequency rank #7,227, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːt/. FET is at rank #40,696, tagged as aname.

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 47923, this pair ranks #197,924 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feat vs FET

Shared letters: eft. Private to "feat": a. Private to "FET": -.

"feat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "FET" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • featefat · featt · ffeat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feat" and "FET" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feat" is a noun and "FET" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feat" or "FET"?
"feat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,227 in our English list, against #40,696 for "FET". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "feat" vs "FET" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "FET" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,924 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feat" and "FET" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FET 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 #197,924 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list