Which to use
“fâchée” and “fachos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,452
- “fâchée” frequency rank
- #18,747
- “fachos” frequency rank
- 46199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fâchée | fachos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fâché. | Pluriel de facho. |
Where the eye mixes fâchée and fachos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fâchée (CVCCVV) and fachos (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fâchée vs fachos
A purely visual mix-up. fâchée (\fɑ.ʃe\) and fachos (\fa.ʃo\) 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 46199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fâchée is recorded at frequency rank #27,452, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɑ.ʃe\. fachos is at rank #18,747, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.ʃo\.
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 46199, this pair ranks #196,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fâchée vs fachos
Shared letters: cfh. Private to "fâchée": eâé. Private to "fachos": aos.
"fâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "fachos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fachos ← afchos · facchos · fachhos · fachoss · fachso · facohs · fahcos · fcahos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fâchée" and "fachos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fâchée" or "fachos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fachos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fâchée" and "fachos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fâchée vs fauche". 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 #196,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.