# fest

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɛst/ · frequency rank #11,031

## Definitions
1. A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
2. An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity (see these).

## Easily confused with
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fs)
- **few** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-few)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fit)
- **FFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-ffs)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fsa)
- **fey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fey)
- **fez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fez)
- **FSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fsb)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fis)
- **FET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fet)
- **feu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-feu)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fut)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fish)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-foot)
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-flat)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fort)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fist)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-font)
- **fiat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-fiat)
- **feud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fest-vs-feud)

## Common misspellings (6)
`efst`, `fesst`, `festt`, `fets`, `ffest`, `fset`

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