Which to use
“Feld” and “fête” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,082
- “Feld” frequency rank
- #943
- “fête” frequency rank
- 50025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Feld | fête |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Champ, surface cultivée. | Jour consacré particulièrement à des actes de religion, cérémonies religieuses par lesquelles on célèbre ce jour. |
Where the eye mixes Feld and fête
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Feld (CVCC) and fête (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between Feld and fête
A purely visual mix-up. Feld (\fɛlt\) and fête (\fɛt\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Feld is recorded at frequency rank #49,082, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛlt\. fête is at rank #943, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛt\.
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 50025, this pair ranks #165,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Feld vs fête
Shared letters: ef. Private to "Feld": dl. Private to "fête": tê.
"Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fête" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Feld ← efld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Feld" for "fête" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Feld" or "fête"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Feld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fête" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Feld" and "fête" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs Feld". 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 #165,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.