Which to use
“faste” and “fausse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,550
- “faste” frequency rank
- #2,924
- “fausse” frequency rank
- 26474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faste | fausse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propice, favorable, heureux, où tout réussit. | Féminin singulier de faux. |
Where the eye mixes faste and fausse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. faste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fausse's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: faste vs fausse
A purely visual mix-up. faste (\fast\) and fausse (\fos\) 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 26474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faste is recorded at frequency rank #23,550, classified as anadj, pronounced \fast\. fausse is at rank #2,924, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fos\.
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 26474, this pair ranks #334,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faste vs fausse
Shared letters: aefs. Private to "faste": t. Private to "fausse": u.
"faste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fausse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faste" for "fausse" ever safe?
Which is more common, "faste" or "fausse"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "faste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fausse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faste" and "fausse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fange vs faste". 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 #334,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.