Which to use
“face” is a noun and “fasses” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #311
- “face” frequency rank
- #13,380
- “fasses” frequency rank
- 13691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | face | fasses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Visage. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faire. |
Same sound, different letters: face vs fasses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. face runs 4 letters (CVCV) against fasses's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - face and fasses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: face and fasses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fas\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
face is recorded at frequency rank #311, classified as anoun, pronounced \fas\. fasses is at rank #13,380, tagged as averb, 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 13691, this pair ranks #399,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of face vs fasses
Shared letters: aef. Private to "face": c. Private to "fasses": s.
"face" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fasses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "face" and "fasses" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "face" or "fasses" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "face" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fasses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "face" and "fasses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fakes vs fasses". 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 #399,949 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.