festgesetzt

Name: festgesetzt, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfɛstɡəˌzɛt͡st]

/[ˈfɛstɡəˌzɛt͡st]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“festgesetzt” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,819
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festsetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festgesetzt · festgesetzt · German

festgesetzt · rank #13,819 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,819
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH Falter

Nearest frequency peer: Falter (-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.

ertrinken

86,185
explodieren

86,184
Falter

86,183
festgesetzt

86,182
Festlegung

86,181
Finsternis

86,180

What this shows „festgesetzt“ 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).

festgesetzt vs fortgesetzt

82% similar

festgesetzt vs festgesetzten

85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for festgesetzt
Property	Value
Headword	festgesetzt
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈfɛstɡəˌzɛt͡st]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#13,819
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „festgesetzt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).festgesetztliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#13,819

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Falter“ (#13,818), „Festlegung“ (#13,820), „explodieren“ (#13,817). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festgesetzt“ bei #13,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around festgesetzt (IPA [ˈfɛstɡəˌzɛt͡st]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,819 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festsetzen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for festgesetzt, with forms such as "efstgesetzt", "fesgtesetzt", and "fesstgesetzt". 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, "fortgesetzt", "festgesetzten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 festgesetzt, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-S-E-T-Z-T.

Definition

1
Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festsetzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

efstgesetzt
fesgtesetzt
fesstgesetzt
festegsetzt
festgeestzt
festgesettz
festgesettzt
festgesetztt
festgesetzzt
festgeseztt
festgessetzt
festgestezt
festggesetzt
festgseetzt
festtgesetzt
fetsgesetzt
ffestgesetzt
fsetgesetzt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festgesetzt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "festgesetzt"

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 "festgesetzt"?

"festgesetzt" is spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-S-E-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstɡəˌzɛt͡st].

What does "festgesetzt" mean?

As a verb, "festgesetzt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs festsetzen

What words are commonly confused with "festgesetzt"?

"festgesetzt" is commonly confused with "fortgesetzt", "festgesetzten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "festgesetzt"?

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

What language does "festgesetzt" come from?

"festgesetzt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "festgesetzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

explodieren#13,817 erschrocken#13,814 entspannter#13,811 engagierten#13,810

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

Freitagabend18 variants günstigsten18 variants Jugendarbeit18 variants Anstrengung18 variants