# feast

> English word · Noun · IPA /fiːst/ · frequency rank #7,689

## Definitions
1. A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
2. A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
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.

## Easily confused with
- **FES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fes)
- **FET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fet)
- **felt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-felt)
- **feet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-feet)
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-flat)
- **fees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fees)
- **feat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-feat)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fist)
- **fest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fest)
- **fiat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fiat)
- **feds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-feds)
- **frat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-frat)
- **fess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fess)
- **first** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-first)
- **flash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-flash)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-frost)
- **flask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-flask)
- **fleas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fleas)
- **feisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-feisty)
- **fewest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feast-vs-fewest)

## Common misspellings (7)
`efast`, `faest`, `feasst`, `feastt`, `feats`, `fesat`, `ffeast`

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