festlichen

Name: festlichen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfɛstlɪçn̩]

/[ˈfɛstlɪçn̩]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“festlichen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,186
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-festlichen · festlichen · German

festlichen · rank #28,186 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,186
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH festlich

Nearest frequency peer: festlich (-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.

Fallschirm

71,818
Fernsehserie

71,817
festlich

71,816
festlichen

71,815
Feuerlöscher

71,814
Ficke

71,812

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

festlichen vs festmachen

80% similar

festlichen vs fürstlichen

82% similar

festlichen vs festlich

80% similar

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

Key facts for festlichen
Property	Value
Headword	festlichen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfɛstlɪçn̩]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#28,186
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „festlichen“

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

#28,186

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „festlich“ (#28,185), „Feuerlöscher“ (#28,187), „Fernsehserie“ (#28,184). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festlichen“ bei #28,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around festlichen (IPA [ˈfɛstlɪçn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,186 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for festlichen, with forms such as "efstlichen", "fesltichen", and "fesstlichen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "festmachen", "fürstlichen", "festlich", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is festlichen, spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

1
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
3
Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
4
Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
5
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
6
Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
7
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
8
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
9
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
10
Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
11
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
12
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

efstlichen
fesltichen
fesstlichen
festilchen
festlcihen
festlicchen
festlicehn
festlichenn
festlichhen
festlichne
festlihcen
festllichen
festtlichen
fetslichen
ffestlichen
fsetlichen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festlichen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "festlichen"

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 "festlichen"?

"festlichen" is spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstlɪçn̩].

What does "festlichen" mean?

As an adjective, "festlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

What words are commonly confused with "festlichen"?

"festlichen" is commonly confused with "festmachen", "fürstlichen", "festlich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "festlichen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festlichen" is [ˈfɛstlɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "festlichen" come from?

"festlichen" 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 "festlichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Fallschirm#28,183 erinnerten#28,176 fälschlich#28,198 gefertigte#28,204

Similar misspelling depth

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

funktionelle16 variants Geiselnahme16 variants Gespenster16 variants Habsburger16 variants