Similar words
manière
Near-total synonyms for "way" or "manner"; largely interchangeable, though manière appears more often in formal or abstract contexts.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
manera
manera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "way, manner."
Practice
1 What does façon mean?
way, manner
2 Fill the gap: Elle a une ___ particulière de parler.
Full sentence: Elle a une façon particulière de parler. (She has a particular way of speaking.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches façon?
façon: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.