Which to use
“faces” and “fautes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,157
- “faces” frequency rank
- #4,233
- “fautes” frequency rank
- 14390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faces | fautes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de face. | Pluriel de faute. |
Where the eye mixes faces and fautes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. faces runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against fautes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: faces vs fautes
A purely visual mix-up. faces (\fas\) and fautes (\fot\) 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 14390, 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\. fautes is at rank #4,233, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fot\.
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 14390, this pair ranks #396,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faces vs fautes
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "faces": c. Private to "fautes": tu.
"faces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fautes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faces" and "fautes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "faces" or "fautes"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "faces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fautes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faces" and "fautes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faces 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 #396,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.