Which to use
“fastes” and “fosses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,387
- “fastes” frequency rank
- #16,882
- “fosses” frequency rank
- 53269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fastes | fosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux. | Pluriel de fosse. |
Where the eye mixes fastes and fosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fastes and fosses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fastes and fosses
A purely visual mix-up. fastes (\fast\) and fosses (\fos\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fastes is recorded at frequency rank #36,387, classified as anoun, pronounced \fast\. fosses is at rank #16,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fos\.
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 53269, this pair ranks #141,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fastes vs fosses
Shared letters: efs. Private to "fastes": at. Private to "fosses": o.
"fastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fosses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fastes" and "fosses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fastes" vs "fosses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fastes" and "fosses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fastes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fastes" and "fosses" 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 #141,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.