Which to use
“fas” and “fez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,890
- “fas” frequency rank
- #35,037
- “fez” frequency rank
- 82927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fas | fez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Face, figure, visage. | Couvre-chef de laine rouge ou blanche, qui a remplacé le turban dans de nombreuses communautés musulmanes. |
Where the eye mixes fas and fez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. fas and fez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fas vs fez
A purely visual mix-up. fas (\ˈfasː\) and fez (\fɛz\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fas is recorded at frequency rank #47,890, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈfasː\. fez is at rank #35,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛz\.
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 82927, this pair ranks #15,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fas vs fez
Shared letters: f. Private to "fas": as. Private to "fez": ez.
"fas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fez" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fas" for "fez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fas" or "fez" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fas" and "fez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fas vs Fee". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.