FeldvsfezWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#49,082
“Feld” frequency rank
#35,037
“fez” frequency rank
84119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Feld fez
Definition Champ, surface cultivée. Couvre-chef de laine rouge ou blanche, qui a remplacé le turban dans de nombreuses communautés musulmanes.

Where the eye mixes Feld and fez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Feld
3 ch
fez

Why the eye confuses Feld with fez

A purely visual mix-up. Feld (\fɛlt\) and fez (\fɛz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84119, 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\. fez is at rank #35,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛz\.

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 84119, this pair ranks #13,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Feld vs fez

Shared letters: ef. Private to "Feld": dl. Private to "fez": z.

"Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Feldefld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Feld" and "fez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fɛlt\ versus \fɛz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Feld" vs "fez" - which ranks higher?
"fez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,037 in our French list, against #49,082 for "Feld". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "fez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Feld" and "fez" 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 #13,535 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