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“fasses” and “faussée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,380
“fasses” frequency rank
#45,611
“faussée” frequency rank
58991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fasses faussée
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faire. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe fausser.

Where the eye mixes fasses and faussée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fasses runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against faussée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fasses
7 ch
faussée

Look-alike desk: fasses vs faussée

A purely visual mix-up. fasses (\fas\) and faussée (\fo.se\) 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 58991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fasses is recorded at frequency rank #13,380, classified as averb, pronounced \fas\. faussée is at rank #45,611, tagged as averb, pronounced \fo.se\.

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 58991, this pair ranks #105,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fasses vs faussée

Shared letters: aefs. Private to "fasses": -. Private to "faussée": .

"fasses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "faussée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fassesafsses · fasess · fassess · fassse · ffasses · fsases

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fasses" and "faussée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fas\ versus \fo.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fasses" vs "faussée" - which ranks higher?
"fasses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,380 in our French list, against #45,611 for "faussée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fasses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "faussée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fasses" and "faussée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faussée vs fausseté". 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 #105,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list