# facade

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəˈsɑːd/ · frequency rank #16,706

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.

## Easily confused with
- **face** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-face)
- **fade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-fade)
- **faced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-faced)
- **facie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-facie)
- **Farage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-farage)
- **facile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facade-vs-facile)

## Common misspellings (8)
`afcade`, `faacde`, `facadde`, `facaed`, `faccade`, `facdae`, `fcaade`, `ffacade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/facade