Which to use
“faces” and “facho” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #21,621
- “facho” frequency rank
- 31778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | facho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Sympathisant de doctrines fascistes ou assimilées au fascisme par ceux qui emploient le mot. |
Where the eye mixes faces and facho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses faces with facho
A purely visual mix-up. faces (\fas\) and facho (\fa.ʃo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faces is recorded at frequency rank #10,157, classified as anoun, pronounced \fas\. facho is at rank #21,621, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fa.ʃo\.
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 31778, this pair ranks #301,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs facho
Shared letters: acf. Private to "faces": es. Private to "facho": ho.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "facho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faces" and "facho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "faces" vs "facho" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "faces" and "facho" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "facho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facho vs faro". 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 #301,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.