Which to use
“FEC” is a name and “feces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,647
- “FEC” frequency rank
- #21,795
- “feces” frequency rank
- 55442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | FEC | feces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Federal Election Commission. | Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement. |
Letter map: FEC vs feces
Shared letters muted; letters that set FEC and feces apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. FEC runs 3 letters (CVC) against feces's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: FEC vs feces
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: FEC is aname and fecesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “FEC” sits inside “feces”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
FEC is recorded at frequency rank #33,647, classified as aname. feces is at rank #21,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfiːsiːz/.
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 55442, this pair ranks #133,604 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of FEC vs feces
Shared letters: cef. Private to "FEC": -. Private to "feces": s.
"FEC" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "feces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feces ← efces · fcees · fecces · fecess · fecse · feecs · ffeces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "FEC" and "feces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "FEC" or "feces" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "FEC" and "feces". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "FEC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,604 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "FEC" and "feces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FEC 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 #133,604 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.