# Faust

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,419

## Definitions
1. A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

## Etymology
After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.

## Easily confused with
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fut)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fist)
- **fest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fest)
- **fuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fuse)
- **fuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fuss)
- **faux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-faux)
- **first** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-first)
- **fruit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-fruit)
- **feast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-feast)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-frost)
- **flush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-flush)
- **flaunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faust-vs-flaunt)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-faust)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fas-vs-faust)
- **fact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fact-vs-faust)
- **fast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fast-vs-faust)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fans-vs-faust)
- **fart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-faust)
- **fats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fats-vs-faust)
- **Faso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faso-vs-faust)

## Common misspellings (7)
`afust`, `fasut`, `fausst`, `faustt`, `fauts`, `ffaust`, `fuast`

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