festigt
[ˈfɛstɪçt]
The verdict
“festigt” is uncommon German (frequency #55,317 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,317
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs festigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-festigt · festigt · German
festigt · rank #55,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,317
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH festigte
Nearest frequency peer: festigte (+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 “festigt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- felice
felice
44,688 corpus weight
- Fensterbrett
Fensterbrett
44,687 corpus weight
- festigt
festigt
44,684 corpus weight
- festigte
festigte
44,683 corpus weight
- Feudalismus
Feudalismus
44,682 corpus weight
- feuerten
feuerten
44,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “festigt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festigt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstɪçt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “festigt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
festigt is uncommon German at frequency #55,317 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
festigt has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is festigt, spelled F-E-S-T-I-G-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs festigen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs festigen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs festigen
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 "festigt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.