faeces
noun
faeces is spelled F-A-E-C-E-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “faeces vs feces” about 210 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, faeces means “Alternative spelling of feces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in faeces?
| Letters | 6: F-A-E-C-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is faeces?
Faeces appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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).
Words people confuse with faeces
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: feces.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of faeces
- faex singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does faeces mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthAlternative spelling of feces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).