festigte
[ˈfɛstɪçtə]
The verdict
“festigte” is uncommon German (frequency #55,318 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,318
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs festigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-festigte · festigte · German
festigte · rank #55,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,318
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH festigt
Nearest frequency peer: festigt (-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 “festigte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- filtert
filtert
44,680 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “festigte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festigte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstɪçtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “festigte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
festigte is uncommon German at frequency #55,318 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstɪçtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
festigte has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is festigte, spelled F-E-S-T-I-G-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs festigen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs festigen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs festigen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum 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 "festigte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.