# feces

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfiːsiːz/ · frequency rank #21,795

## Definitions
1. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement.

## Etymology
From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

## Easily confused with
- **fee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fee)
- **FES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fes)
- **feel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-feel)
- **feet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-feet)
- **feed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-feed)
- **fees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fees)
- **feds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-feds)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-foes)
- **fete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fete)
- **fess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fess)
- **focus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-focus)
- **feels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-feels)
- **files** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-files)
- **fewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fewer)
- **fever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fever)
- **fence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fence)
- **fires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fires)
- **flies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-flies)
- **fucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fucks)
- **fries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feces-vs-fries)

## Common misspellings (7)
`efces`, `fcees`, `fecces`, `fecess`, `fecse`, `feecs`, `ffeces`

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