# feste vs forte

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### feste
*adjective · IPA [ˈfɛstə] · frequency rank #3,372*
Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fest

### forte
*adverb · IPA [ˈfɔʁtə] · frequency rank #29,128*
laut, stark

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/feste-vs-forte