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How to spell feature

Feature is spelled F-E-A-T-U-R-E. Feat plus -URE: the EA of feat, then T, U, R, E.

hear itfea·ture/'fiʧər/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A distinctive aspect or characteristic of something.

In a sentence: The new playground has a cool feature, a spinning slide!

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: features, featured, featuring, characteristic, aspect. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Feature comes from Old French 'faiture' and Latin 'factura', meaning 'a making' or 'a form.' Over time, its meaning shifted from the idea of 'shape or form' to the specific noticeable parts or characteristics of a person or thing.

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