feast

/fiːst/

//fiːst// noun

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

The verdict

“feast” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,689
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A holiday, festival, especially a religious one

Corpus desk

Index EN-feast · feast · English

feast · rank #7,689 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,689
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Finland

Nearest frequency peer: Finland (+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 “feast”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “feast” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

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)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “feast”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).feastlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Finland” (#7,690), “execute” (#7,687), “Frederick” (#7,691). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “feast” is #7,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around feast (IPA /fiːst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,689 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how feast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
  2. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

frost#7,693Ellis#7,684dudes#7,680drank#7,679

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

hollow7 variantsdepot7 variantskissed7 variantscough7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list