feste

\ˈfɛstə\

/\ˈfɛstə\/ adv

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The verdict

“feste” is uncommon French (frequency #85,718 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,718
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vachement, drôlement, copieusement, sérieusement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feste · feste · French

feste · rank #85,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,718
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faz

Nearest frequency peer: faz (-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 « feste »

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 « feste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feste
PropertyValue
Headwordfeste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ˈfɛstə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « feste » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.festetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « faz » (#85,717), « feud » (#85,719), « fascia » (#85,716). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « feste » est au #85,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feste is uncommon French at frequency #85,718 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈfɛstə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vachement, drôlement, copieusement, sérieusement.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for feste in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is feste, spelled F-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vachement, drôlement, copieusement, sérieusement.

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 "feste"?
"feste" is spelled F-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfɛstə\.
What does "feste" mean?
As an adverb, "feste" means: Vachement, drôlement, copieusement, sérieusement.
How do you pronounce "feste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feste" is \ˈfɛstə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fredy#85,735ganja#85,746gnous#85,759heels#85,783

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list