Festes

/[ˈfɛstəs]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,901

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Festes is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fest Pronounced [ˈfɛstəs]. It ranks #9,901 in German word frequency. Often confused with Fete and Fette.

Key facts for Festes
PropertyValue
HeadwordFestes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,901
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Festes in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Festes is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛstəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,901 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fest".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Festes, with forms such as "efstes", "fesets", and "fesstes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Fete", "Fette", "Fetten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Festes, spelled F-E-S-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fest

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efstes,fesets,fesstes,festess,festse,festtes,fetses,ffestes,fsetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Festes

Misspelling Variants of "Festes"

efstes6fesets6fesstes7festess7festse6festtes7fetses6ffestes7
Misspelling Variants of "Festes"

Frequency rank: #9,901 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Festes"?
"Festes" is spelled F-E-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstəs].
What does "Festes" mean?
As a noun, "Festes" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fest
What words are commonly confused with "Festes"?
"Festes" is commonly confused with "Fete", "Fette", "Fetten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Festes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festes" is [ˈfɛstəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Festes" come from?
"Festes" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.