feststand
[ˈfɛstˌʃtant]
The verdict
“feststand” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,143
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs feststehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-feststand · feststand · German
feststand · rank #48,143 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,143
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH feurigen
Nearest frequency peer: feurigen (+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 “feststand”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- feeds
feeds
51,862 corpus weight
- Fernweh
Fernweh
51,860 corpus weight
- feststand
feststand
51,858 corpus weight
- feurigen
feurigen
51,857 corpus weight
- Finanzminis…
Finanzministeriums
51,855 corpus weight
- fixer
fixer
51,854 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “feststand” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feststand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌʃtant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feststand” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around feststand (IPA [ˈfɛstˌʃtant]), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,143 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for feststand, with forms such as "efststand", "fesststand", and "fessttand". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Festland", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 feststand, spelled F-E-S-T-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs feststehen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs feststehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efststand
- fesststand
- fessttand
- festsatnd
- festsstand
- feststadn
- feststandd
- feststannd
- feststnad
- feststtand
- festtsand
- festtstand
- fetsstand
- ffeststand
- fsetstand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feststand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "feststand", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.