# fascia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæʃə/ · frequency rank #29,648

## Definitions
1. A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
3. A dashboard.
4. A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
5. A broad well-defined band of color.
6. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
7. A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
8. The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.
9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.

## Easily confused with
- **fascist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fascia-vs-fascist)
- **fascism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fascia-vs-fascism)
- **facie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facie-vs-fascia)
- **facial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facial-vs-fascia)

## Common misspellings (8)
`afscia`, `facsia`, `fascai`, `fasccia`, `fasica`, `fasscia`, `ffascia`, `fsacia`

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