Which to use
“face” is a verb and “faces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,118
- “face” frequency rank
- #48,402
- “faces” frequency rank
- 56520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | face | faces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante obsoleta de hace. | Forma del plural de faz. |
Where the eye mixes face and faces
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. face runs 4 letters (CVCV) against faces's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between face and faces
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: face is [ˈfase] while faces is [ˈfases]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “face” sits inside “faces”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
face is recorded at frequency rank #8,118, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfase]. faces is at rank #48,402, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfases].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56520, this pair ranks #74,290 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of face vs faces
Shared letters: acef. Private to "face": -. Private to "faces": s.
"face" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "face" and "faces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "face" or "faces"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "face" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,290 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "face" and "faces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faces vs facho". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #74,290 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.