Which to use
“faber” is an adjective and “faces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,287
- “faber” frequency rank
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- 48444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faber | faces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bien fait, bien travaillé, ingénieux, habile. | Pluriel de face. |
Letter map: faber vs faces
Shared letters muted; letters that set faber and faces apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for faber / faces
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: faber is anadjective and facesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faber is recorded at frequency rank #38,287, classified as anadj. faces is at rank #10,157, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fas\.
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 48444, this pair ranks #178,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faber vs faces
Shared letters: aef. Private to "faber": br. Private to "faces": cs.
"faber" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faber" for "faces" ever safe?
Which is more common, "faber" or "faces"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "faber" and "faces".
- Full dictionary entry for "faber" 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 #178,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faber" and "faces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faber vs fakes". 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 #178,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.