fasten
[ˈfastn̩]
The verdict
“fasten” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,357
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (aus körperlichen oder religiösen Gründen) für eine bestimmte Zeit auf alle oder gewisse Nahrung verzichten
Corpus desk
Index DE-fasten · fasten · German
fasten · rank #15,357 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,357
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fantastischen
Nearest frequency peer: fantastischen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „fasten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fahndung
Fahndung
84,647 corpus weight
- Familienmit…
Familienmitglieder
84,646 corpus weight
- fantastisch…
fantastischen
84,645 corpus weight
- fasten
fasten
84,644 corpus weight
- Feinden
Feinden
84,643 corpus weight
- frohes
frohes
84,642 corpus weight
What this shows „fasten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fasten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfastn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fasten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around fasten (IPA [ˈfastn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,357 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(aus körperlichen oder religiösen Gründen) für eine bestimmte Zeit auf alle oder gewisse Nahrung verzichten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fasten, with forms such as "afsten", "fasetn", and "fastenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fate", "feste", "Faxen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fasten, spelled F-A-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(aus körperlichen oder religiösen Gründen) für eine bestimmte Zeit auf alle oder gewisse Nahrung verzichten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fasten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Katholiken und Muslimen ist auferlegt, während der jeweiligen Fastenzeit zu fasten.
Ich habe über den Winter wieder stark zugenommen und werde jetzt erstmal fasten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afsten
- fasetn
- fastenn
- fastne
- fastten
- fatsen
- ffasten
- fsaten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fasten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fasten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).