face

Where “face” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
2. 2
   One's facial expression.
3. 3
   A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
4. 4
   The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
5. 5
   The mouth.
6. 6
   Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
7. 7
   Public image; outward appearance.
8. 8
   Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
9. 9
   Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
10. 10
    An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
11. 11
    Presence; sight; front.
12. 12
    A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
13. 13
    A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
14. 14
    A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
15. 15
    The frontal aspect of something.
16. 16
    The frontal aspect of something.
17. 17
    The directed force of something.
18. 18
    Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
19. 19
    Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
20. 20
    The front surface of a bat.
21. 21
    The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
22. 22
    The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
23. 23
    The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
24. 24
    The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
25. 25
    The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
26. 26
    The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
27. 27
    A typeface.
28. 28
    A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Late Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere. In the sense of face as in reputation, influenced by Chinese 面子 (miànzi) or 臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. See lose face.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afce,facce,faec,fcae,fface

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of face - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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