festlegen

/[ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,717

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

festlegen is aGermanverb. It means: einen verbindlichen Beschluss fassen, eine verbindliche Entscheidung treffen; durch verbindliche Regeln, Vorschriften bestimmen, verordnen; verbindlich festsetzen Pronounced [ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩]. It ranks #9,717 in German word frequency. Often confused with festlegt and Festungen.

Key facts for festlegen
PropertyValue
Headwordfestlegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,717
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of festlegen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for festlegen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,717 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for festlegen, with forms such as "efstlegen", "fesltegen", and "fesstlegen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "festlegt", "Festungen", "Festlegung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is festlegen, spelled F-E-S-T-L-E-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen verbindlichen Beschluss fassen, eine verbindliche Entscheidung treffen; durch verbindliche Regeln, Vorschriften bestimmen, verordnen; verbindlich festsetzen
  2. 2
    von jemandem eine bindende Auskunft oder Zusage erwarten, verlangen; von jemandem erwarten, verlangen, dass er das tut beziehungsweise sich an das hält, was er gesagt, versprochen hat
  3. 3
    etwas ganz fest zusagen (lassen); versprechen (lassen), etwas zu tun; (jemanden, sich) an, für etwas fest binden, verpflichten (lassen)
  4. 4
    jemanden für etwas verantwortlich machen, jemandem die Schuld an etwas zuschreiben
  5. 5
    (einen Geldbetrag) für längere Zeit fest und sicher (zum Beispiel in Sachgütern) anlegen
  6. 6
    (ein Wasserfahrzeug) ankern oder an einer Anlegestelle mit Tauen vor dem Abtreiben sichern
  7. 7
    (etwas, jemanden, sich) an, auf etwas fest anbringen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efstlegen,fesltegen,fesstlegen,festelgen,festleegn,festlegenn,festleggen,festlegne,festlgeen,festllegen,festtlegen,fetslegen,ffestlegen,fsetlegen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for festlegen

Misspelling Variants of "festlegen"

efstlegen9fesltegen9fesstlegen10festelgen9festleegn9festlegenn10festleggen10festlegne9
Misspelling Variants of "festlegen"

Frequency rank: #9,717 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "festlegen"?
"festlegen" is spelled F-E-S-T-L-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩].
What does "festlegen" mean?
As a verb, "festlegen" means: einen verbindlichen Beschluss fassen, eine verbindliche Entscheidung treffen; durch verbindliche Regeln, Vorschriften bestimmen, verordnen; verbindlich festsetzen
What words are commonly confused with "festlegen"?
"festlegen" is commonly confused with "festlegt", "Festungen", "Festlegung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "festlegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festlegen" is [ˈfɛstˌleːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festlegen" come from?
"festlegen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.