felsenfest

Name: felsenfest, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst]

/[fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“felsenfest” is uncommon German (frequency #56,972 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,972
frequency rank, German: 45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sehr fest

Key facts for felsenfest
Property	Value
Headword	felsenfest
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#56,972
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “felsenfest” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). felsenfest lands here:

#56,972

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

felsenfest is uncommon German at frequency #56,972 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr fest".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for felsenfest, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is felsenfest, spelled F-E-L-S-E-N-F-E-S-T.

Definition

1
sehr fest

This word in other languages

rock-solid(English)

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 "felsenfest"?

"felsenfest" is spelled F-E-L-S-E-N-F-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst].

What does "felsenfest" mean?

As an adjective, "felsenfest" means: sehr fest

How do you pronounce "felsenfest"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "felsenfest" is [fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "felsenfest" come from?

"felsenfest" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “felsenfest”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is F-E-L-S-E-N-F-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [fɛlzn̩ˈfɛst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.