fasstvsFazitTell them apart

Quick tell: fasst is a verb, Fazit is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fasst” is a verb and “Fazit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,181
“fasst” frequency rank
#4,508
“Fazit” frequency rank
10689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fasst Fazit
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fassen zusammenfassend festgestelltes Ergebnis, Resümee, Zusammenfassung

Where the eye mixes fasst and Fazit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fasst (CVCCC) and Fazit (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
fasst
5 ch
Fazit

Look-alike desk: fasst vs Fazit

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fasst is [fast] while Fazit is [ˈfaːt͡sɪt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 10689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fasst is recorded at frequency rank #6,181, classified as averb, pronounced [fast]. Fazit is at rank #4,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaːt͡sɪt].

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 10689, this pair ranks #1,973,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fasst vs Fazit

Shared letters: aft. Private to "fasst": s. Private to "Fazit": iz.

"fasst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Fazit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fasstafsst · fasstt · fasts · faßt · ffasst · fsast
  • Fazitafzit · faizt · fazitt · fazti · fazzit · ffazit · fzait

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fasst" and "Fazit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fasst" is a verb and "Fazit" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fasst" or "Fazit" show up more?
"Fazit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,508 in our German list, against #6,181 for "fasst". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fasst" and "Fazit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fasst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fazit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,973,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fasst" and "Fazit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fasst vs fist". 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 #1,973,851 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list