faucet
/ˈfɔsɪt/noun
faucet is spelled F-A-U-C-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, faucet means “An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of faucet is faucets.
How many letters and syllables are in faucet?
| Letters | 6: F-A-U-C-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 faucet?
Faucet appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 faucet?
- UK /ˈfɔːsɪt/
- US /ˈfɔsɪt/
- /ˈfɑsɪt/
Faucet 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-us-faucet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with faucet
Sounds like: Fawcett (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of faucet
- faucets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does faucet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSAn exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off.
- 2
One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
- 3
A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Faucet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the fl:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | champlure, robinet |
| German | Armatur, Auslaufventil, Hahn, Kran, Mischbatterie, Spund |
| Portuguese | bica, torneira |
| Spanish | canilla, caño, grifo, llave, paja, pluma |
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.