Which to use
“faces” and “fas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #47,890
- “fas” frequency rank
- 58047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | fas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Face, figure, visage. |
Same sound, different letters: faces vs fas
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. faces runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against fas's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: faces vs fas
This is the hard kind. faces and fas are pronounced identically (\fas\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58047, 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\. fas is at rank #47,890, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈfasː\.
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 58047, this pair ranks #111,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs fas
Shared letters: afs. Private to "faces": ce. Private to "fas": -.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fas" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- faces ← afces · facces · facess · facse · faecs · fcaes · ffaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faces" for "fas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faces" vs "fas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "faces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "fas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fas vs Fee". 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 #111,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.