fachasvsfactsTell them apart

Quick tell: fachas is a verb, facts is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fachas” is a verb and “facts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,117
“fachas” frequency rank
#43,589
“facts” frequency rank
77706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fachas facts
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de fachar. Forma del plural de fact.

Where the eye mixes fachas and facts

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fachas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against facts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fachas
5 ch
facts

Why the eye confuses fachas with facts

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fachas is [ˈfat͡ʃas] while facts is /fækts/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fachas is recorded at frequency rank #34,117, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfat͡ʃas]. facts is at rank #43,589, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fækts/.

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 77706, this pair ranks #15,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fachas vs facts

Shared letters: acfs. Private to "fachas": h. Private to "facts": t.

"fachas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "facts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fachas ← afchas · facahs · facchas · fachass · fachhas · fachsa · fahcas · fcahas
  • facts ← afcts · faccts · facst · factss · factts · fatcs · fcats · ffacts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fachas" for "facts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fachas" is a verb and "facts" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fachas" or "facts"?
"fachas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,117 in our Spanish list, against #43,589 for "facts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fachas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "facts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fachas" and "facts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faces vs facts". 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 #15,573 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