Which to use
“face” is a noun and “fast” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,395
- “face” frequency rank
- #8,052
- “fast” frequency rank
- 9447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | face | fast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do corpo humano onde se encontram os olhos, nariz e boca | quase |
Letter map: face vs fast
Shared letters muted; letters that set face and fast apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for face / fast
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: face is anoun and fastanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
face is recorded at frequency rank #1,395, classified as anoun. fast is at rank #8,052, tagged as anadv, pronounced /fast/.
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 9447, this pair ranks #63,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of face vs fast
Shared letters: af. Private to "face": ce. Private to "fast": st.
"face" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "face" and "fast" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "face" or "fast"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "face" and "fast". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "face" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fast" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "face" and "fast" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fast vs fava". 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 #63,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.