Which to use
“feed” is a verb and “fève” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,809
- “feed” frequency rank
- #37,822
- “fève” frequency rank
- 65631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feed | fève |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nourrir, alimenter. | Nom vernaculaire de Vicia faba, plante herbacées annuelle de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae, au port érigé, pouvant atteindre 2 mètre de haut et que l’on cultive pour sa graine comestible. |
Where the eye mixes feed and fève
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. feed (CVVC) and fève (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: feed vs fève
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feed is \fiːd\ while fève is \fɛv\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feed is recorded at frequency rank #27,809, classified as averb, pronounced \fiːd\. fève is at rank #37,822, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛv\.
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 65631, this pair ranks #71,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feed vs fève
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feed": d. Private to "fève": vè.
"feed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fève" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feed ← efed · fede · feedd · ffeed
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feed" and "fève" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "feed" vs "fève" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "feed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fève" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feed" and "fève" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs fève". 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 #71,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.