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“feature” and “friture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,388
“feature” frequency rank
#35,048
“friture” frequency rank
71436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feature friture
Definition Article, chose importante. Action ou manière de frire.

Where the eye mixes feature and friture

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. feature (CVVCVCV) and friture (CCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
feature
7 ch
friture

Visual trap between feature and friture

A purely visual mix-up. feature (\ˈfiː.tʃə(ɹ)\) and friture (\fʁi.tyʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feature is recorded at frequency rank #36,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈfiː.tʃə(ɹ)\. friture is at rank #35,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁi.tyʁ\.

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 71436, this pair ranks #47,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feature vs friture

Shared letters: efrtu. Private to "feature": a. Private to "friture": i.

"feature" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "friture" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feature ← efature · faeture · featrue · featture · featuer · featurre · feautre · fetaure
  • friture ← ffriture · firture · fritrue · fritture · frituer · friturre · friutre · frriture

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feature" and "friture" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈfiː.tʃə(ɹ)\ versus \fʁi.tyʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "feature" or "friture"?
"friture" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,048 in our French list, against #36,388 for "feature". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "feature" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "friture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feature" and "friture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "friteuse vs friture". 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 #47,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list