It's not my fault!
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Fault
/fɔːlt/
Synonyms for "fault" (437 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (88)
Noun(20 words)
aberrancyaberrationabuseabysmabyssaccountabilityaccountableaccuseanswerabilityanswerablearroyoat faultatrocitybad habitbesetting sinbirthmarkblackheadblameblameworthybleb
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blemishblisterblunderbonerboo-booboobbox canyonbreachbreakbugbullacall into questioncall to accountcanyoncarp atcatchcavitycensurechapchasmcheckchimneychinkcicatrixcleftclerical errorcleuchcloughcolcomedocorrigendumcouleecouloircrackcrannycratercrazecrevassecrevicecrimecrime against humanitycriticize
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(5 words)
Strong matches (131)
culpabilityculpablecutcwmdeadly sindefacementdefalcationdefaultdefectdefectiondefectivenessdeficiencydefiledeformationdeformitydelinquencydelldelusiondemeritdereliction
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deviancydeviationdikedisadvantagedisfigurationdisfigurementdisproportionatelydistortionditchdongadrawdrawbackenormityerrancyerratumerroneousnesserrorevilexcavationexceedinglyexcessivelyextremelyfailingfailurefallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessfalsityfaultinessfautefaux pasfelonyfind faultfissureflawflawednessflumefly in the ointmentfoiblefracturefrailtyfrecklefurrowfussgaffegapgapegashgaucheriegenocidegoofgorgegrooveguiltguiltyguilty actgulchgulfgullyhamartiaheavy sinhemangiomaheresyheterodoxyhickeyholehowlerhuman errorillusionimmoderatelyimperfection
Noun(39 words)
culpabilitydata errordata irregularitydefect founddefectsdeficienciesdemeritdemeritsdesign flawdingingdingselectrical malfunctionengineering problemerrorerror countederrorsexceptionsfailingsfaillefailures
Verb(1 words)
Related words (218)
improprietyimpugnin the extremeinadequacyincisionindiscretioninexpiable sininfirmityiniquityinjuryinjusticeirrationallyjointkeloidkinkkloofknocklapseleaklentigo
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liabilityliablelittle problemmalefactionmalfeasancemalummiliumminor wrongmisapplicationmisapprehensionmisbehaviormiscalculationmiscarriagemisconceptionmisconductmisconstructionmiscountmisdealmisdeedmisdemeanormisdoingmisfeasancemisidentificationmisinterpretationmisjudgmentmisplaymisprintmisquotationmisreportmissmisstatementmistakemisunderstandingmisusemoatmolemoral flawmortal sinneedle scarnevusnigglenonfeasancenotchnullahoffenceoffenseomissiononusopeningoutrageoverlyoversightpasspassagepeccadillopeccancyperversionpick atpick onpimplepitpockpockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainproblempustuleravinerentresponsibilityresponsibleriftrimerupturescabscarscissurescratchseamsebaceous cystself-contradictionshortcomingsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsinfulnessslipslitslotsnagsolecismsomething missingsplitstrawberry markstytainttake exception toto a faultto blametorttracktransgressiontrenchtrespasstriptwisttypotypographical errorundulyunorthodoxyunreasonablyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessunutterable sinvalleyvenial sinverrucavesiclevicevoidvulnerable placewadiwalewarpwartweak linkweak pointweak sideweaknesswealweltwenwhiteheadwrongwrongness
Noun(49 words)
inaccuracyincorrectnessinfelicitieskelterknockslamenesslimitationmalfunctionmalfunctionsmarmisarrangementmiscoordinationmisfiremishapsmisplacementmisplayingmisstepsmistakemore unsatisfactorymumpsimus
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negligencenigglesnonfunctionpeccadilloesplanning errorportuguese erropreserve errorrejectreproachresponsibilityromanian defectselfishnessshiftshortcomingshortcomingssinssnafusoftware bugsoftware crashsoftware glitchsoftware malfunctionsplitspluttersystem failuretechnology system failureterrible designunsoundnessupsetsvices
Verb(3 words)
Adjective(9 words)
logical errormajor irregularityminor blemishnegligpoor qualityprocedural lapseserious irregularityserious issuestructural deformation
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: break, defect, flaw, fracture, aberrancy.
- Sentence evidence is available for fault, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "fault".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "fault"
Keep "fault" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "fault" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "fault", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "fault" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
27 entriesaccountabilityaccusebreakdownchargecleftcrackcrevicecriticismculpabilitydefectequipment failureevaluationfissurefracturegeological featureimperfection
Showing 16 of 27 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesdesign faultelectrical faultfault detectionfault diagnosisfault linefault tolerancefaulty reasoningground faultstructural faultsystem fault
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
160 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- faj noun (defect)
- gabim noun (defect)
Arabic
4 entries- خَطَأ noun (mistake or error)
- خَلَل noun (defect)
- زمب noun (mistake or error)
- عَوَار noun (defect)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- iştibah noun (mistake or error)
- səhv noun (mistake or error)
- yanlış noun (mistake or error)
- yanlışlıq noun (mistake or error)
Bashkir
1 entries- хата noun (mistake or error)
Basque
1 entries- huts noun (mistake or error)
Belarusian
3 entries- га́на noun (defect)
- дэфе́кт noun (defect)
- памы́лка noun (mistake or error)
Bengali
4 entries- খাতা noun (mistake or error)
- গলতি noun (mistake or error)
- ত্রুটি noun (defect)
- দোষ noun (defect)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- दोष noun (defect)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гре́шка noun (mistake or error)
- дефе́кт noun (defect)
- недоста́тък noun (defect)
Catalan
4 entries- culpa noun (defect)
- defecte noun (defect)
- errada noun (defect)
- errada noun (mistake or error)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 毛病 noun (defect)
- 缺點 /缺点 noun (defect)
- 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake or error)
Czech
2 entries- chyba noun (defect)
- chyba noun (mistake or error)
Dutch
1 entries- fout noun (mistake or error)
Esperanto
1 entries- eraro noun (defect)
Estonian
2 entries- viga noun (defect)
- viga noun (mistake or error)
Finnish
4 entries- epäkohta noun (defect)
- moka noun (mistake or error)
- puute noun (defect)
- vika noun (defect)
French
2 entries- défaut noun (defect)
- faute noun (mistake or error)
Georgian
4 entries- ნაკლი noun (defect)
- შეცდომა noun (mistake or error)
- ცდომილება noun (mistake or error)
- წუნი noun (defect)
German
2 entries- Fehler noun (defect)
- Schuld noun (mistake or error)
Greek
1 entries- φταίξιμο noun (mistake or error)
Hebrew
3 entries- טָעוּת noun (mistake or error)
- משגה noun (mistake or error)
- פָּגַם noun (defect)
Hindi
4 entries- क़सूर noun (mistake or error)
- खोट noun (defect)
- ग़लती noun (mistake or error)
- दोष noun (defect)
Hungarian
4 entries- fogyatékosság noun (defect)
- hiba noun (defect)
- hiba noun (mistake or error)
- hiányosság noun (defect)
Italian
3 entries- colpa noun (defect)
- colpa noun (mistake or error)
- imperfezione noun (defect)
Japanese
4 entries- せい noun (mistake or error)
- 欠点 noun (defect)
- 欠陥 noun (defect)
- 誤り noun (mistake or error)
Khmer
1 entries- ទោស noun (mistake or error)
Korean
1 entries- 결함 noun (defect)
Latgalian
2 entries- klaida noun (mistake or error)
- vaine noun (mistake or error)
Latin
3 entries- culpa noun (defect)
- culpa noun (mistake or error)
- vitium noun (defect)
Latvian
2 entries- kļuda noun (mistake or error)
- vaina noun (mistake or error)
Malay
1 entries- salah noun (mistake or error)
Malayalam
2 entries- പിഴവ് noun (defect)
- പിഴവ് noun (mistake or error)
Mansaka
1 entries- sara noun (mistake or error)
Maranao
2 entries- daway noun (defect)
- sala' noun (mistake or error)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- kosa noun (defect)
Norwegian
1 entries- skyld noun (mistake or error)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ردت noun (defect)
Persian
4 entries- خطا noun (mistake or error)
- عوار noun (defect)
- عیب noun (defect)
- نقص noun (defect)
Polish
4 entries- błąd noun (mistake or error)
- defekt noun (defect)
- pomyłka noun (mistake or error)
- wada noun (defect)
Portuguese
3 entries- culpa noun (mistake or error)
- defeito noun (defect)
- falha noun (defect)
Romanian
4 entries- culpă noun (mistake or error)
- greșeală noun (mistake or error)
- hibă noun (defect)
- vină noun (mistake or error)
Russian
4 entries- дефе́кт noun (defect)
- изъя́н noun (defect)
- оши́бка noun (defect)
- оши́бка noun (mistake or error)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अगुण noun (defect)
- दोष noun (defect)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- coire noun (mistake or error)
- cron noun (defect)
- cron noun (mistake or error)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- greška noun (defect)
- grješka noun (defect)
- krivnja noun (defect)
- mana noun (defect)
Sicilian
1 entries- curpa noun (mistake or error)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱོན noun (mistake or error)
Slovak
2 entries- chyba noun (defect)
- chyba noun (mistake or error)
Slovene
1 entries- hiba noun (defect)
Spanish
3 entries- culpa noun (mistake or error)
- defecto noun (defect)
- falla noun (defect)
Swedish
3 entries- brist noun (defect)
- fel noun (defect)
- skuld noun (mistake or error)
Tausug
1 entries- sa noun (mistake or error)
Telugu
1 entries- తప్పిదం noun (defect)
Tetum
1 entries- sala noun (mistake or error)
Thai
2 entries- ข้อบกพร่อง noun (defect)
- จุดบกพร่อง noun (defect)
Tocharian B
1 entries- nāki noun (mistake or error)
Turkish
2 entries- hata noun (mistake or error)
- yanlış noun (defect)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ва́да noun (defect)
- дефе́кт noun (defect)
- по́милка noun (mistake or error)
- поми́лка noun (mistake or error)
Urdu
2 entries- خطا noun (mistake or error)
- غلطی noun (mistake or error)
Uzbek
1 entries- min noun (defect)
Welsh
1 entries- bai noun (defect)
Zazaki
4 entries- eyb noun (defect)
- xeta (diq) noun (mistake or error)
- xırab noun (defect)
- xırabin noun (mistake or error)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
You're always finding fault with me.
Source: tatoeba (16763)
You are always finding fault with me.
Source: tatoeba (16772)
It is cruel of you to find fault with her.
Source: tatoeba (17741)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "fault"?
Closest matches include break, defect, flaw, fracture, aberrancy.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "fault"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.