# faux

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fəʊ/ · frequency rank #13,914

## Definitions
1. Fake or artificial.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

## Easily confused with
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fu)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fun)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fix)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fox)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fur)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-flu)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fax)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fay)
- **feu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-feu)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fut)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fou)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-four)
- **foul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-foul)
- **flex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-flex)
- **feud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-feud)
- **flux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-flux)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-faye)
- **fave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-fave)
- **Frau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-frau)
- **flax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faux-vs-flax)

## Common misspellings (5)
`afux`, `fauxx`, `faxu`, `ffaux`, `fuax`

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