Which to use
“faîte” and “fastes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,026
- “faîte” frequency rank
- #36,387
- “fastes” frequency rank
- 67413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faîte | fastes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comble, partie la plus élevée d’un bâtiment, d’un édifice. | Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux. |
Where the eye mixes faîte and fastes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: faîte vs fastes
A purely visual mix-up. faîte (\fɛt\) and fastes (\fast\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faîte is recorded at frequency rank #31,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛt\. fastes is at rank #36,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fast\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67413, this pair ranks #63,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faîte vs fastes
Shared letters: aeft. Private to "faîte": î. Private to "fastes": s.
"faîte" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "fastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fastes ← afstes · fasets · fasstes · fastess · fastse · fasttes · fatses · ffastes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faîte" and "fastes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "faîte" vs "fastes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "faîte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fastes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faîte" and "fastes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fakes vs fastes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #63,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.