faster
\ˈfɑstɚ\
The verdict
“faster” is uncommon French (frequency #72,327 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,327
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comparatif de fast. Plus rapide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faster · faster · French
faster · rank #72,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,327
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH faramineuses
Nearest frequency peer: faramineuses (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « faster »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- exécutait
exécutait
27,679 corpus weight
- fandom
fandom
27,677 corpus weight
- faramineuses
faramineuses
27,676 corpus weight
- faster
faster
27,674 corpus weight
- FFE
FFE
27,671 corpus weight
- filiforme
filiforme
27,670 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « faster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɑstɚ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faster is uncommon French at frequency #72,327 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɑstɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comparatif de fast. Plus rapide.".
faster has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faster, spelled F-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Comparatif de fast. Plus rapide.
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.
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