Which to use
“feature” is a noun and “featured” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,599
- “feature” frequency rank
- #3,362
- “featured” frequency rank
- 4961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feature | featured |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions. | displayed with special treatment |
Where the eye mixes feature and featured
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses feature with featured
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feature is /ˈfiː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ while featured is /ˈfiːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “feature” sits inside “featured”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feature is recorded at frequency rank #1,599, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfiː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/. featured is at rank #3,362, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfiːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/.
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 4961, this pair ranks #517,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feature vs featured
Shared letters: aefrtu. Private to "feature": -. Private to "featured": d.
"feature" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "featured" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feature" and "featured" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "feature" or "featured"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "feature" and "featured" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feature" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "featured" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #517,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feature" and "featured" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feathered vs featured". 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 #517,090 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.