Fest
[fɛst]
The verdict
“Fest” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #542
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - größere Feier
Corpus desk
Index DE-fest · Fest · German
Fest · rank #542 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #542
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fahren
Nearest frequency peer: fahren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Fest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- darum
darum
99,462 corpus weight
- eigene
eigene
99,461 corpus weight
- fahren
fahren
99,460 corpus weight
- Fest
Fest
99,459 corpus weight
- Form
Form
99,458 corpus weight
- frei
frei
99,457 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fest” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Fest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fest” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Fest (IPA [fɛst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #542 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "größere Feier".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fest, with forms such as "efst", "fesst", and "festt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FS", "fit", "FSV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Fest, spelled F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1größere Feier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir feiern heute ein Fest.
„Weihnachten ist das Fest der Familie.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efst
- fesst
- festt
- fets
- ffest
- fset
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fest - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Fest". Here's where to go from here.
- "Fest" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "FS". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #542 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.