fasti

noun

"fasti" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fasti” is uncommon English (frequency #88,329 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,329
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. They were generally engraved on stone, e.g. marble

Corpus desk

Index EN-fasti · fasti · English

fasti · rank #88,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,329
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fanshawe

Nearest frequency peer: Fanshawe (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “fasti”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “fasti” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fasti
PropertyValue
Headwordfasti
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fasti” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).fastifalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Fanshawe” (#88,327), “fers” (#88,331), “Fani” (#88,326). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “fasti” is #88,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fasti is uncommon English at frequency #88,329 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fasti in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin fāstī. The correct English form is fasti, spelled F-A-S-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. They were generally engraved on stone, e.g. marble
  2. 2
    Records or registers of important events (outside the dominion of Ancient Rome)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fāstī.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fasti"?
"fasti" is spelled F-A-S-T-I.
What does "fasti" mean?
As a noun, "fasti" means: The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. They were generally engraved on stone, e.g. marble
What is the origin of the word "fasti"?
Borrowed from Latin fāstī. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list