faced
/feɪst/
"faced" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faced” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,057
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - simple past and past participle of face
Corpus desk
Index EN-faced · faced · English
faced · rank #3,057 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,057
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH extensive
Nearest frequency peer: extensive (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “faced”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- effectively
effectively
96,947 corpus weight
- eric
eric
96,946 corpus weight
- extensive
extensive
96,945 corpus weight
- faced
faced
96,944 corpus weight
- filed
filed
96,943 corpus weight
- formation
formation
96,942 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “faced” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | faced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /feɪst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faced” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around faced (IPA /feɪst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,057 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of face".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for faced, with forms such as "afced", "facced", and "facde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fed", "fad", "fae", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From face + -ed. The correct English form is faced, spelled F-A-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of face
Etymology
From face + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afced
- facced
- facde
- facedd
- faecd
- fcaed
- ffaced
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faced - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "faced", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.