# fasten

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɑːsn̩/ · frequency rank #29,649

## Definitions
1. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

## Etymology
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.

## Easily confused with
- **fate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fate)
- **fated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fated)
- **Fates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fates)
- **faster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-faster)
- **foster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-foster)
- **fatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fatter)
- **fester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fester)
- **fisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fisted)
- **fastest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fastest)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fasting)
- **flatten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-flatten)
- **fastened** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fastened)
- **fastener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fastener)
- **fast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fast-vs-fasten)
- **fallen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fallen-vs-fasten)
- **falter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falter-vs-fasten)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afsten`, `fasetn`, `fassten`, `fastenn`, `fastne`, `fastten`, `fatsen`, `ffasten`, `fsaten`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fasten