Which to use
“faste” is an adjective and “fastes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,550
- “faste” frequency rank
- #36,387
- “fastes” frequency rank
- 59937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faste | fastes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propice, favorable, heureux, où tout réussit. | Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux. |
Same sound, different letters: faste vs fastes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. faste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fastes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - faste and fastes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: faste and fastes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fast\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “faste” sits inside “fastes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faste is recorded at frequency rank #23,550, classified as anadj, pronounced \fast\. 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 59937, this pair ranks #100,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faste vs fastes
Shared letters: aefst. Private to "faste": -. Private to "fastes": -.
"faste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faste" for "fastes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "faste" or "fastes"?
What to do next
"faste" and "fastes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "faste" 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 #100,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faste" 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 #100,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.