festzustellen

[ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən]

/[ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“festzustellen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,559
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs feststellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festzustellen · festzustellen · German

festzustellen · rank #8,559 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,559
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fehlern

Nearest frequency peer: Fehlern (-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 „festzustellen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „festzustellen“ 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).

festzustellen vs feststellen
85% similar

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

Key facts for festzustellen
PropertyValue
Headwordfestzustellen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#8,559
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „festzustellen“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Fehlern“ (#8,558), „flash“ (#8,560), „Fachkräfte“ (#8,557). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festzustellen“ bei #8,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around festzustellen (IPA [ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,559 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs feststellen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for festzustellen, with forms such as "efstzustellen", "fesstzustellen", and "festtzustellen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "feststellen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 festzustellen, spelled F-E-S-T-Z-U-S-T-E-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs feststellen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efstzustellen
  • fesstzustellen
  • festtzustellen
  • festuzstellen
  • festzsutellen
  • festzusetllen
  • festzusstellen
  • festzusteleln
  • festzustelen
  • festzustellenn
  • festzustellne
  • festzustlelen
  • festzusttellen
  • festzutsellen
  • festzzustellen
  • fesztustellen
  • fetszustellen
  • ffestzustellen
  • fsetzustellen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efstzustellen2fesstzustellen1festtzustellen1festuzstellen2festzsutellen2festzusetllen2festzusstellen1festzusteleln2
Edit distance from "festzustellen"

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 "festzustellen"?
"festzustellen" is spelled F-E-S-T-Z-U-S-T-E-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən].
What does "festzustellen" mean?
As a verb, "festzustellen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs feststellen
What words are commonly confused with "festzustellen"?
"festzustellen" is commonly confused with "feststellen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "festzustellen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festzustellen" is [ˈfɛstt͡suˌʃtɛlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festzustellen" come from?
"festzustellen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list