fasevsfeasTell them apart

Quick tell: fase is a noun, feas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fase” is a noun and “feas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,293
“fase” frequency rank
#12,154
“feas” frequency rank
14447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fase feas
Definition Cada uno de los diversos aspectos que presenta un fenómeno natural o una cosa, doctrina, proceso, etc. Forma del femenino plural de feo.

Where the eye mixes fase and feas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
fase
4 ch
feas

Look-alike desk: fase vs feas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fase is [ˈfase] while feas is [ˈfeas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fase is recorded at frequency rank #2,293, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfase]. feas is at rank #12,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfeas].

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 14447, this pair ranks #284,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fase vs feas

Shared letters: aefs. Private to "fase": -. Private to "feas": -.

"fase" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "feas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • faseafse · faes · fasse · ffase · fsae
  • feasefas · feass · fesa · ffeas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fase" for "feas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fase" is a noun and "feas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fase" or "feas"?
"fase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,293 in our Spanish list, against #12,154 for "feas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fase" and "feas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feas vs flags". 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 #284,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list