facevsfuckWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: face is a noun, fuck is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“face” is a noun and “fuck” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,395
“face” frequency rank
#24,337
“fuck” frequency rank
25732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature face fuck
Definition parte do corpo humano onde se encontram os olhos, nariz e boca expressa descontentamento, consternação, surpresa ou prazer

Letter map: face vs fuck

Shared letters muted; letters that set face and fuck apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
face
4 ch
fuck

Role in the sentence - face and fuck

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: face is anoun and fuckanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

face is recorded at frequency rank #1,395, classified as anoun. fuck is at rank #24,337, tagged as anintj.

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 25732, this pair ranks #43,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of face vs fuck

Shared letters: cf. Private to "face": ae. Private to "fuck": ku.

"face" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "fuck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • faceafce · facce · faec · fcae · fface
  • fuckfcuk · ffuck · fucck · fuckk · fukc · ufck

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "face" for "fuck" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "face" is a noun and "fuck" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "face" vs "fuck" - which ranks higher?
"face" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,395 in our Portuguese list, against #24,337 for "fuck". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "face" and "fuck". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "face" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fuck" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "face" and "fuck" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fuck vs fume". 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 #43,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list