Festtagen
[ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Festtagen” is uncommon German (frequency #51,306 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,306
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag
Corpus desk
Index DE-festtagen · Festtagen · German
Festtagen · rank #51,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,306
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH festrede
Nearest frequency peer: festrede (-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 “Festtagen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fertigstell…
fertigstellen
48,698 corpus weight
- festrede
festrede
48,696 corpus weight
- Festtagen
Festtagen
48,695 corpus weight
- Feuerball
Feuerball
48,694 corpus weight
- Feuerwehrmä…
Feuerwehrmänner
48,693 corpus weight
- Feuerwerksk…
Feuerwerkskörper
48,692 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Festtagen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Festtagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Festtagen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Festtagen is uncommon German at frequency #51,306 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag".
Zero misspellings are on record for Festtagen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Festtagen, spelled F-E-S-T-T-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag
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 "Festtagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.