faster
/ˈfæstɚ/
"faster" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faster” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,295
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of fast: more fast
Corpus desk
Index EN-faster · faster · English
faster · rank #2,295 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,295
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH factors
Nearest frequency peer: factors (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “faster”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- escape
escape
97,709 corpus weight
- extended
extended
97,708 corpus weight
- factors
factors
97,707 corpus weight
- faster
faster
97,706 corpus weight
- fault
fault
97,705 corpus weight
- fill
fill
97,704 corpus weight
What this shows “faster” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | faster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfæstɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “faster”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around faster (IPA /ˈfæstɚ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,295 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of fast: more fast".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faster, with forms such as "afster", "fasetr", and "fasster". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fate", "fated", "Fates", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er. The correct English form is faster, spelled F-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of fast: more fast
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains.
Etymology
From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afster
- fasetr
- fasster
- fasterr
- fastre
- fastter
- fatser
- ffaster
- fsater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faster - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "faster", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).