Festlegung

[ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ]

/[ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Festlegung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,820
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, Maßnahme, etwas genau zu bestimmen, regeln, verbindlich zu beschließen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festlegung · Festlegung · German

Festlegung · rank #13,820 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,820
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH festgesetzt

Nearest frequency peer: festgesetzt (-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 „Festlegung“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Festlegung“ 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).

Festlegung vs Festlegungen
83% similar
Festlegung vs festlegen
70% similar

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

Key facts for Festlegung
PropertyValue
HeadwordFestlegung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,820
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Festlegung“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „festgesetzt“ (#13,819), „Finsternis“ (#13,821), „Falter“ (#13,818). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Festlegung“ bei #13,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Festlegung (IPA [ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,820 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Festlegung, with forms such as "efstlegung", "fesltegung", and "fesstlegung". 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, "Festlegungen", "festlegen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Festlegung, spelled F-E-S-T-L-E-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, Maßnahme, etwas genau zu bestimmen, regeln, verbindlich zu beschließen
  2. 2
    Vorschrift, feststehende Anweisung, die etwas ordnet oder reguliert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Festlegung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Erforderlich ist zumindest die Festlegung des Staatsgebietes und seiner territorialen Grenzen sowie die Proklamation des neu entstehenden Staates.“
  2. „So folgte jeder Festlegung von Höchstpreisen eine weitere Verknappung des regulären Angebots.“

Synonyms

FixierungBestimmungFestsetzungRegulierungVereinbarungVorschrift

Antonyms

BefreiungFreigabeFreisetzungDeregulierung

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efstlegung
  • fesltegung
  • fesstlegung
  • festelgung
  • festleggung
  • festlegnug
  • festlegugn
  • festlegungg
  • festlegunng
  • festleugng
  • festlgeung
  • festllegung
  • festtlegung
  • fetslegung
  • ffestlegung
  • fsetlegung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efstlegung2fesltegung2fesstlegung1festelgung2festleggung1festlegnug2festlegugn2festlegungg1
Edit distance from "Festlegung"

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 "Festlegung"?
"Festlegung" is spelled F-E-S-T-L-E-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ].
What does "Festlegung" mean?
As a noun, "Festlegung" means: Handlung, Maßnahme, etwas genau zu bestimmen, regeln, verbindlich zu beschließen
What words are commonly confused with "Festlegung"?
"Festlegung" is commonly confused with "Festlegungen", "festlegen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Festlegung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festlegung" is [ˈfɛstˌleːɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Festlegung" come from?
"Festlegung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Finsternis#13,821Gaststätte#13,832eineinhalb#13,800geschuldet#13,843

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

explodieren16 variantsentspannter16 variantsengagierten16 variantsbestenfalls16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list