en face
[ɑ̃ː ˈfas]
The verdict
“en face” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von vorn betrachtet, in der Frontalansicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-en-face · en face · German
en face · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en face |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɑ̃ː ˈfas] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „en face“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
en face is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ɑ̃ː ˈfas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von vorn betrachtet, in der Frontalansicht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en face, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is en face, spelled E-N- -F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1von vorn betrachtet, in der Frontalansicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en face appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er mußte zugeben, daß Ferdinand recht hatte — en face mußte er ein halbes Gesicht mehr malen als im Profil.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.