facet

Other forms of facet

plural

facets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about facet

What does facet mean?

facet means "a distinct feature or element in a problem". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in facet?

facet has 2 syllables: fac-et. The stress falls on "fac". In IPA it is /ˈfæsət/.

What is another word for facet?

Close synonyms include aspect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is facet a common word?

facet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.