Fastfood

\ˈfɑst.ˌfut\

/\ˈfɑst.ˌfut\/ noun

The verdict

“Fastfood” is uncommon French (frequency #99,085 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,085
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fastfood · Fastfood · French

Fastfood · rank #99,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,085
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fass

Nearest frequency peer: Fass (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Fastfood »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fastfood » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fastfood
PropertyValue
HeadwordFastfood
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈfɑst.ˌfut\
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,085
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Fastfood » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Fastfoodtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Fass » (#99,084), « fave » (#99,086), « familiar » (#99,083). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fastfood » est au #99,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fastfood is uncommon French at frequency #99,085 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɑst.ˌfut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Restauration rapide.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Fastfood in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Fastfood, spelled F-A-S-T-F-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Restauration rapide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ich habe nicht viel Zeit zum Essen. Ich gehe zum Fastfood um die Ecke.

Antonyms

Slowfood

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 "Fastfood"?
"Fastfood" is spelled F-A-S-T-F-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfɑst.ˌfut\.
What does "Fastfood" mean?
As a noun, "Fastfood" means: Restauration rapide.
How do you pronounce "Fastfood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fastfood" is \ˈfɑst.ˌfut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fastfood" come from?
"Fastfood" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list