Which to use
“faces” and “fakes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #48,524
- “fakes” frequency rank
- 58681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | fakes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Pluriel de fake. |
Where the eye mixes faces and fakes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. faces and fakes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: faces vs fakes
A purely visual mix-up. faces (\fas\) and fakes (\fɛk\) 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 a single letter - c in “faces” becomes k in “fakes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58681, 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\. fakes is at rank #48,524, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛk\.
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 58681, this pair ranks #107,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs fakes
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "faces": c. Private to "fakes": k.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fakes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "faces" and "fakes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "faces" vs "fakes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "faces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fakes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "fakes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fage 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 #107,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.