feast

/fiːst/

//fiːst// noun

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

The verdict

“feast” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,689 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#7,689
frequency rank, English
5
letters
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A holiday, festival, especially a religious one

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feast vs FES
0% similar
feast vs FET
0% similar
feast vs felt
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feast
PropertyValue
Headwordfeast
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fiːst/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,689
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “feast” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). feast lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for feast is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fiːst/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,689 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for feast, with forms such as "efast", "faest", and "feasst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FES", "FET", "felt", 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 Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also… The correct English form is feast, spelled F-E-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
  2. 2
    A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
  3. 3
    Something delightful

Etymology

From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.

This word in other languages

festín(Español)festin(Français)Festmahl(Deutsch)banquete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efast,faest,feasst,feastt,feats,fesat,ffeast

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feast - 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.

efast2faest2feasst1feastt1feats2fesat2ffeast1
Edit distance from "feast"

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 "feast"?
"feast" is spelled F-E-A-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is /fiːst/.
What does "feast" mean?
As a noun, "feast" means: A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
What words are commonly confused with "feast"?
"feast" is commonly confused with "FES", "FET", "felt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feast"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feast" is /fiːst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "feast"?
From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”)... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “feast”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-E-A-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /fiːst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “FES” - see the side-by-side comparison. feast vs FES
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list