Fassade

/[faˈsaːdə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,170

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Fassade is aGermannoun. It means: Vorderansicht eines Gebäudes Pronounced [faˈsaːdə]. It ranks #7,170 in German word frequency. Often confused with fasse and fasste.

Key facts for Fassade
PropertyValue
HeadwordFassade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faˈsaːdə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,170
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Fassade in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fassade is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈsaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,170 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fassade, with forms such as "afssade", "fasade", and "fasasde". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fasse", "fasste", "Fassaden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Fassade, spelled F-A-S-S-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorderansicht eines Gebäudes
  2. 2
    sichtbare, äußere Seite, das Äußere
  3. 3
    Entwurfsmuster, das eine häufig benötigte Untermenge an Funktionalität eines Subsystems umfasst

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afssade,fasade,fasasde,fassadde,fassaed,fassdae,faßade,ffassade,fsasade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fassade

Misspelling Variants of "Fassade"

afssade7fasade6fasasde7fassadde8fassaed7fassdae7faßade6ffassade8
Misspelling Variants of "Fassade"

Frequency rank: #7,170 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fassade"?
"Fassade" is spelled F-A-S-S-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈsaːdə].
What does "Fassade" mean?
As a noun, "Fassade" means: Vorderansicht eines Gebäudes
What words are commonly confused with "Fassade"?
"Fassade" is commonly confused with "fasse", "fasste", "Fassaden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fassade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fassade" is [faˈsaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fassade" come from?
"Fassade" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.