feasting

verb

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"feasting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“feasting” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,886
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of feast

Corpus desk

Index EN-feasting · feasting · English

feasting · rank #34,886 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,886
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH FDIC

Nearest frequency peer: FDIC (-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 “feasting”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “feasting” 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).

feasting vs fisting
75% similar
feasting vs flashing
75% similar
feasting vs frosting
75% similar

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

Key facts for feasting
PropertyValue
Headwordfeasting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,886
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “feasting”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).feastinglands 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 “FDIC” (#34,885), “ferment” (#34,887), “Fatah” (#34,884). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “feasting” is #34,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around feasting, averb. Corpus frequency is #34,886 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of feast".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for feasting, with forms such as "efasting", "faesting", and "feasitng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fisting", "flashing", "frosting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is feasting, spelled F-E-A-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of feast

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. They are feasting on turkey and venison.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efasting
  • faesting
  • feasitng
  • feassting
  • feastign
  • feastingg
  • feastinng
  • feastnig
  • feastting
  • featsing
  • fesating
  • ffeasting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feasting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efasting2faesting2feasitng2feassting1feastign2feastingg1feastinng1feastnig2
Edit distance from "feasting"

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 "feasting"?
"feasting" is spelled F-E-A-S-T-I-N-G.
What does "feasting" mean?
As a verb, "feasting" means: present participle and gerund of feast
What words are commonly confused with "feasting"?
"feasting" is commonly confused with "fisting", "flashing", "frosting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "feasting" come from?
"feasting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Falkland#34,883figurine#34,889flogging#34,891euphoric#34,875

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

erecting12 variantsHangzhou12 variantsimmutable12 variantsKettering12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list