festhielt

[ˈfɛstˌhiːlt]

/[ˈfɛstˌhiːlt]/ verb

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The verdict

“festhielt” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,806
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-festhielt · festhielt · German

festhielt · rank #41,806 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,806
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fettnäpfchen

Nearest frequency peer: Fettnäpfchen (+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 „festhielt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „festhielt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

festhielt vs Festzelt
67% similar
festhielt vs festhält
78% similar

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

Key facts for festhielt
PropertyValue
Headwordfesthielt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌhiːlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,806
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „festhielt“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Fettnäpfchen“ (#41,807), „Feinschmecker“ (#41,804), „feindlicher“ (#41,803). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festhielt“ bei #41,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around festhielt (IPA [ˈfɛstˌhiːlt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,806 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for festhielt, with forms such as "efsthielt", "feshtielt", and "fessthielt". 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, "Festzelt", "festhält", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is festhielt, spelled F-E-S-T-H-I-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efsthielt
  • feshtielt
  • fessthielt
  • festheilt
  • festhhielt
  • festhiellt
  • festhieltt
  • festhietl
  • festhilet
  • festihelt
  • festthielt
  • fetshielt
  • ffesthielt
  • fsethielt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festhielt - 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.

efsthielt2feshtielt2fessthielt1festheilt2festhhielt1festhiellt1festhieltt1festhietl2
Edit distance from "festhielt"

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 "festhielt"?
"festhielt" is spelled F-E-S-T-H-I-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌhiːlt].
What does "festhielt" mean?
As a verb, "festhielt" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
What words are commonly confused with "festhielt"?
"festhielt" is commonly confused with "Festzelt", "festhält". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "festhielt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festhielt" is [ˈfɛstˌhiːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festhielt" come from?
"festhielt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Flussufer#41,812Française#41,816entstellt#41,780entlocken#41,778

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Ermittlern14 variantsGeldmenge14 variantsGenialität14 variantsgeprüfter14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list