faux

[fo]

/[fo]/ adj

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The verdict

“faux” is uncommon German (frequency #57,847 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,847
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falsch

Corpus desk

Index DE-faux · faux · German

faux · rank #57,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,847
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH faulenzen

Nearest frequency peer: faulenzen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „faux“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „faux“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faux
PropertyValue
Headwordfaux
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,847
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „faux“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fauxfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „faulenzen“ (#57,846), „feierst“ (#57,848), „Fensterscheibe“ (#57,849). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „faux“ bei #57,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faux is uncommon German at frequency #57,847 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "falsch".

faux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is faux, spelled F-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    falsch

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faux"?
"faux" is spelled F-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is [fo].
What does "faux" mean?
As an adjective, "faux" means: falsch
How do you pronounce "faux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faux" is [fo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faux" come from?
"faux" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "faux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glow#57,916grit#57,921Arlt#57,667malo#58,074

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list