facade
/fəˈsɑ(ː)d/noun, verb
facade is spelled F-A-C-A-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “facade vs façade” about 320 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, facade means “The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of facade is facades or façades.
How many letters and syllables are in facade?
| Letters | 6: F-A-C-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is facade?
Facade appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce facade?
- /fəˈsɑ(ː)d/
- /fəˈseɪd/
Facade has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-facade.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-façade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with facade
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of facade
- facades plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- façade
- facading participle, present
- facaded participle, past
- façades plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does facade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- 2
The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- 3
A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- 4
An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of facade.
verb
- 1
rareTo cover or disguise an outward appearance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Facade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense face of a building:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does facade come from?
Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).