fasti
"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
- Fani
Fani
11,675 corpus weight
- Fanshawe
Fanshawe
11,674 corpus weight
- fasti
fasti
11,672 corpus weight
- fers
fers
11,670 corpus weight
- fetishist
fetishist
11,669 corpus weight
- Fierro
Fierro
11,666 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fasti” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fasti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fasti” in English
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
- 1The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. They were generally engraved on stone, e.g. marble
- 2Records 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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).