Faust

[faʊ̯st]

/[faʊ̯st]/ noun

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The verdict

“Faust” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,880
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hand mit geballten Fingern

Corpus desk

Index DE-faust · Faust · German

Faust · rank #4,880 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,880
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH etliche

Nearest frequency peer: etliche (-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 „Faust“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Faust“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Faust vs Fest
60% similar
Faust vs fügt
20% similar
Faust vs Flut
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Faust
PropertyValue
HeadwordFaust
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faʊ̯st]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,880
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Faust“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Faustliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „etliche“ (#4,879), „festgenommen“ (#4,881), „ertragen“ (#4,878). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Faust“ bei #4,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Faust (IPA [faʊ̯st]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,880 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hand mit geballten Fingern".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Faust, with forms such as "afust", "fasut", and "fausst". 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, "Fest", "fügt", "Flut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Faust, spelled F-A-U-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hand mit geballten Fingern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Faust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Finger sind zur Faust geballt.
  2. „Andrew öffnete den Mund, aber ich schüttelte meine Faust so überzeugend, dass er still blieb.“

This word in other languages

fist(English)puño(Español)poing(Français)punho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afust
  • fasut
  • fausst
  • faustt
  • fauts
  • ffaust
  • fuast

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Faust - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afust2fasut2fausst1faustt1fauts2ffaust1fuast2
Edit distance from "Faust"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Faust"?
"Faust" is spelled F-A-U-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [faʊ̯st].
What does "Faust" mean?
As a noun, "Faust" means: Hand mit geballten Fingern
What words are commonly confused with "Faust"?
"Faust" is commonly confused with "Fest", "fügt", "Flut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Faust"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Faust" is [faʊ̯st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Faust" come from?
"Faust" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Faust", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fonds#4,882enorm#4,872Busse#4,870Bogen#4,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Kader7 variantsKoffer7 variantsAdler7 variantsLuxus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list