fast

\fast\

/\fast\/ adv

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The verdict

“fast” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,544
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Presque, quasiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fast · fast · French

fast · rank #8,544 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,544
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eugène

Nearest frequency peer: Eugène (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fast »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fast » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

fast vs ft
50% similar
fast vs Fs
25% similar
fast vs fit
50% similar

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

Key facts for fast
PropertyValue
Headwordfast
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\fast\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,544
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fast »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fastse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Eugène » (#8,543), « entrant » (#8,542), « flanc » (#8,546). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fast » est au #8,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fast (IPA \fast\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #8,544 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fast, with forms such as "afst", "fasst", and "fastt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "Fs", "fit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fast, spelled F-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Presque, quasiment.
  2. 2
    À peu près.
  3. 3
    Adverbe indiquant que quelqu'un a failli de faire quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich bin fast fertig.
  2. Fast hätte ich den Termin vergessen!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afst
  • fasst
  • fastt
  • fats
  • ffast
  • fsat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fast - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afst2fasst1fastt1fats2ffast1fsat2
Edit distance from "fast"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fast"?
"fast" is spelled F-A-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fast\.
What does "fast" mean?
As an adverb, "fast" means: Presque, quasiment.
What words are commonly confused with "fast"?
"fast" is commonly confused with "ft", "Fs", "fit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fast"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fast" is \fast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fast" come from?
"fast" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dues#8,532down#8,531CNRS#8,517LGBT#8,573

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Barry6 variantsbang6 variantsolive6 variantspaulo6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list