fest

/[ˈfɛst]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,337

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fest is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fiesta. Pronounced [ˈfɛst]. Often confused with fit and fez.

Key facts for fest
PropertyValue
Headwordfest
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛst]
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,337
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fest in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fest is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛst]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,337 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fiesta.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for fest, with forms such as "efst", "fesst", and "festt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fit", "fez", "fis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is fest, spelled F-E-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fiesta.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efst,fesst,festt,fets,ffest,fset

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fest

Misspelling Variants of "fest"

efst4fesst5festt5fets4ffest5fset4
Misspelling Variants of "fest"

Frequency rank: #21,337 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fest"?
"fest" is spelled F-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛst].
What does "fest" mean?
As a noun, "fest" means: Fiesta.
What words are commonly confused with "fest"?
"fest" is commonly confused with "fit", "fez", "fis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fest" is [ˈfɛst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fest" come from?
"fest" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.