facial
/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/adjective, noun
facial is spelled F-A-C-I-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, facial means “Of or affecting the face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in facial?
| Letters | 6: F-A-C-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is facial?
Facial appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 facial?
- /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
Facial 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-au-facial.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of facial
- facials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does facial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or affecting the face.
- 2
Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
- 3
(of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
noun
- 1
A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
- 2
A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
- 3
slang(in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
- 4
slangA sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Facial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | facial , faciale |
| German | Gesichts- |
| Portuguese | facial |
| Spanish | facial, fisonómico |
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 facial come from?
Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).