Which to use
“fasse” and “fasses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,290
- “fasse” frequency rank
- #13,380
- “fasses” frequency rank
- 14670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fasse | fasses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faire. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faire. |
Same sound, different letters: fasse vs fasses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fasse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fasses's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fasse and fasses
This is the hard kind. fasse and fasses are pronounced identically (\fas\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fasse” sits inside “fasses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fasse is recorded at frequency rank #1,290, classified as averb, pronounced \fas\. fasses is at rank #13,380, tagged as averb, pronounced \fas\.
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 14670, this pair ranks #395,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fasse vs fasses
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "fasse": -. Private to "fasses": -.
"fasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fasses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fasse" for "fasses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fasse" vs "fasses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"fasse" and "fasses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fasses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fasse" and "fasses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fakes vs fasses". 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 #395,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.