Which to use
“Feld” and “fève” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,082
- “Feld” frequency rank
- #37,822
- “fève” frequency rank
- 86904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Feld | fève |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Champ, surface cultivée. | 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 Feld and fève
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Feld (CVCC) and fève (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between Feld and fève
A purely visual mix-up. Feld (\fɛlt\) and fève (\fɛv\) 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 86904, 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\. 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 86904, this pair ranks #9,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Feld vs fève
Shared letters: ef. Private to "Feld": dl. Private to "fève": vè.
"Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fève" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Feld ← efld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Feld" and "fève" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Feld" or "fève" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Feld" 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 #9,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Feld" and "fève" 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 #9,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.