festín
[fesˈt̪ĩn]
The verdict
“festín” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,229 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,229
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Banquete de fiesta, hecho para celebrar algo en particular.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fesˈt̪ĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “festín” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for festín is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fesˈt̪ĩn]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,229 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Banquete de fiesta, hecho para celebrar algo en particular.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for festín, with forms such as "efstín", "fesstín", and "festní". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fortín", "festivo", "festiva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is festín, spelled F-E-S-T-Í-N.
Definition
- 1Banquete de fiesta, hecho para celebrar algo en particular.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efstín,fesstín,festní,festtín,festínn,fesítn,fetsín,ffestín,fsetín
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festín - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “festín”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-S-T-Í-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fesˈt̪ĩn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fortín” - see the side-by-side comparison. festín vs fortín
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.