Which to use
“faces” and “farce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #11,968
- “farce” frequency rank
- 22125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | farce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Hachis d’ingrédients épicés que l’on introduit dans le ventre vidé de ses entrailles de l’animal destiné à être cuit entier, ou dans un organe creux d’un animal, dans les pâtés, etc. |
Where the eye mixes faces and farce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between faces and farce
A purely visual mix-up. faces (\fas\) and farce (\faʁs\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22125, 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\. farce is at rank #11,968, tagged as anoun, pronounced \faʁs\.
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 22125, this pair ranks #359,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs farce
Shared letters: acef. Private to "faces": s. Private to "farce": r.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "farce" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faces" for "farce" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faces" vs "farce" - 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 "farce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "farce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fange vs farce". 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 #359,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.