# facing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,993

## Definitions
1. Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction)
2. Diverging in the direction of travel.

## Easily confused with
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fang)
- **faint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-faint)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-flying)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fixing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-filing)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fading)
- **famine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-famine)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-faking)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fusing)
- **farina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-farina)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-faring)
- **fucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fucking)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-falling)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-failing)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-farming)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-forcing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afcing`, `faccing`, `facign`, `facingg`, `facinng`, `facnig`, `faicng`, `fcaing`, `ffacing`

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