facade
/fəˈsɑːd/
"facade" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“facade” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,706 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,706
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | facade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fəˈsɑːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “facade” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for facade is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fəˈsɑːd/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,706 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for facade, with forms such as "afcade", "faacde", and "facadde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "face", "fade", "faced", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face. The correct English form is facade, spelled F-A-C-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- 2The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- 3A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- 4An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
Etymology
Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afcade,faacde,facadde,facaed,faccade,facdae,fcaade,ffacade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of facade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “facade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-C-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fəˈsɑːd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “face” - see the side-by-side comparison. facade vs face
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.