facsimile
/fækˈsɪm.ə.li/noun, verb
facsimile is spelled F-A-C-S-I-M-I-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, facsimile means “A copy or reproduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of facsimile is facsimiles or facsimilia.
How many letters and syllables are in facsimile?
| Letters | 9: F-A-C-S-I-M-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is facsimile?
Facsimile appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 facsimile?
- US /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
Facsimile has 4 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-us-facsimile.ogg, En-uk-facsimile.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with facsimile?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as facsimile from its last stressed vowel (/ɪməli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of facsimile
- facsimiles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- facsimilia plural
- fac-simile
- facsimileing participle, present
- facsimiled participle, past
- facsimilied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does facsimile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A copy or reproduction.
- 2
Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
- 3
A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images by means of radio or a telephone network.
- 4
The image sent by the machine itself.
verb
- 1
To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax.
- 2
To make a copy of; to reproduce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Facsimile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fac-similé , fax, télécopieur |
| German | Faksimile, Reproduktion |
| Portuguese | fac-símile , fax |
| Spanish | facsímil |
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 facsimile come from?
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).