festgefahren
[ˈfɛstɡəˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“festgefahren” is uncommon German (frequency #52,080 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,080
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festfahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-festgefahren · festgefahren · German
festgefahren · rank #52,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,080
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH fertiger
Nearest frequency peer: fertiger (-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 “festgefahren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Feinkost
Feinkost
47,923 corpus weight
- fertiger
fertiger
47,922 corpus weight
- festgefahren
festgefahren
47,921 corpus weight
- Feuilletons
Feuilletons
47,920 corpus weight
- fickte
fickte
47,919 corpus weight
- Finanzberat…
Finanzberater
47,918 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “festgefahren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festgefahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstɡəˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “festgefahren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
festgefahren is uncommon German at frequency #52,080 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstɡəˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festfahren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for festgefahren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is festgefahren, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festfahren
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 May 6, 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 "festgefahren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.