fastes

\fast\

/\fast\/ noun

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The verdict

“fastes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,387
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fastes · fastes · French

fastes · rank #36,387 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,387
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH feature

Nearest frequency peer: feature (+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 « fastes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fastes » 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).

fastes vs fate
67% similar
fastes vs faute
67% similar
fastes vs fêtes
67% similar

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

Key facts for fastes
PropertyValue
Headwordfastes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fast\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,387
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fastes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fastesse 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 « feature » (#36,388), « facilitera » (#36,385), « feedback » (#36,389). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fastes » est au #36,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fastes (IPA \fast\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,387 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fastes, with forms such as "afstes", "fasets", and "fasstes". 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, "fate", "faute", "fêtes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fastes, spelled F-A-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux.
  2. 2
    Table où les noms de tous les consuls étaient rangés dans leur ordre chronologique.
  3. 3
    Registres publics contenant le récit d’actions mémorables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les jours malheureux étaient marqués dans les fastes.
  2. Fastes consulaires,

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afstes
  • fasets
  • fasstes
  • fastess
  • fastse
  • fasttes
  • fatses
  • ffastes
  • fsates

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fastes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afstes2fasets2fasstes1fastess1fastse2fasttes1fatses2ffastes1
Edit distance from "fastes"

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 "fastes"?
"fastes" is spelled F-A-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fast\.
What does "fastes" mean?
As a noun, "fastes" means: Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux.
What words are commonly confused with "fastes"?
"fastes" is commonly confused with "fate", "faute", "fêtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fastes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fastes" is \fast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fastes" come from?
"fastes" 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 "fastes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

filait#36,391flocon#36,395Eusèbe#36,378Djamel#36,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

feature9 variantsfoutoir9 variantsfrappez9 variantsGregor9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list