# faucet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔːsɪt/ · frequency rank #26,418

## Definitions
1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Late Latin falsāre (“to falsify”) or from a diminutive of Latin faux, faucēs (“throat”). Alternatively, from Old Norse foss, fors (“waterfall”); if so, cognate with English force, foss.

## Easily confused with
- **fault** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faucet-vs-fault)
- **Faust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faucet-vs-faust)
- **Fawcett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faucet-vs-fawcett)
- **face** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/face-vs-faucet)
- **fact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fact-vs-faucet)
- **faces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faces-vs-faucet)
- **faced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faced-vs-faucet)
- **farce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farce-vs-faucet)
- **facet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facet-vs-faucet)
- **faeces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faeces-vs-faucet)

## Common misspellings (8)
`afucet`, `facuet`, `fauccet`, `faucett`, `faucte`, `fauect`, `ffaucet`, `fuacet`

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