facesvsfakeConfusable pair

Which to use

“faces” and “fake” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,402
“faces” frequency rank
#15,618
“fake” frequency rank
64020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature faces fake
Definition Forma del plural de faz. Algo que no es genuino, o es presentado fraudulentamente; falsificación; farsante.

Where the eye mixes faces and fake

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
faces
4 ch
fake

Visual trap between faces and fake

A purely visual mix-up. faces ([ˈfases]) and fake (/feɪk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

faces is recorded at frequency rank #48,402, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfases]. fake is at rank #15,618, tagged as anoun, pronounced /feɪk/.

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 64020, this pair ranks #46,865 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of faces vs fake

Shared letters: aef. Private to "faces": cs. Private to "fake": k.

"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "fake" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • facesafces · facces · facess · facse · faecs · fcaes · ffaces
  • fakeafke · faek · fakke · ffake · fkae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "faces" and "fake" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfases] versus /feɪk/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "faces" or "fake"?
"fake" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,618 in our Spanish list, against #48,402 for "faces". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "faces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,865 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "faces" and "fake" 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 #46,865 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list