Which to use
“faces” and “fastes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #36,387
- “fastes” frequency rank
- 46544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | fastes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Tables ou livres du calendrier où étaient indiqués les jours de fêtes, d’assemblées publiques, de jeux. |
Where the eye mixes faces and fastes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between faces and fastes
A purely visual mix-up. faces (\fas\) and fastes (\fast\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46544, 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\. fastes is at rank #36,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fast\.
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 46544, this pair ranks #194,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs fastes
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "faces": c. Private to "fastes": t.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faces" and "fastes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "faces" or "fastes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "faces" and "fastes" 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 "fastes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "fastes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fakes vs fastes". 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 #194,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.