festgehalten
[ˈfɛstɡəˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“festgehalten” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,059
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-festgehalten · festgehalten · German
festgehalten · rank #6,059 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,059
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH feierte
Nearest frequency peer: feierte (-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 „festgehalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ensemble
ensemble
93,946 corpus weight
- evangelische
evangelische
93,945 corpus weight
- feierte
feierte
93,943 corpus weight
- festgehalten
festgehalten
93,942 corpus weight
- fliehen
fliehen
93,941 corpus weight
- fünfte
fünfte
93,939 corpus weight
What this shows „festgehalten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | festgehalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstɡəˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #6,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „festgehalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around festgehalten (IPA [ˈfɛstɡəˌhaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,059 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festhalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for festgehalten, with forms such as "efstgehalten", "fesgtehalten", and "fesstgehalten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "festhalten", "festzuhalten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is festgehalten, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festhalten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efstgehalten
- fesgtehalten
- fesstgehalten
- festeghalten
- festgeahlten
- festgehaletn
- festgehallten
- festgehaltenn
- festgehaltne
- festgehaltten
- festgehatlen
- festgehhalten
- festgehlaten
- festggehalten
- festghealten
- festtgehalten
- fetsgehalten
- ffestgehalten
- fsetgehalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festgehalten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "festgehalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).