I was going to use faceitious(sp) in a journal entry I was writing, but wasn’t sure of the spelling. I googled it up and appearently faceitious (the above spelling) has been used by others numerous times, but apparently Google and dictionary.com doesn’t think it’s a word. Apparently, the correct spelling is factitious. However, I spelled it that way in MS word and it didn’t give me an error? What gives? Am I being faceitious? <—Also need to know when to use the word.
My copy of Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary mentions facetious.
Too many i’s there, Teebone.
See, there’s your problem, Teebone. You don’t google to find out how to spell a word, you go to the dictionary. 
Factitious is certainly a word, but it means “produced by humans rather than by natural forces.” (Merriam-Webster)
Now, if you want to convey that meaning in your journal, that’s the one you want. But from your post it seems like you want facetious, as Schnitte said. The definition for this word is “joking or jesting, often inappropriately.”
Ok, ok. Facetious is the correct spelling. For some reason, MS word didn’t give me the red underline, but did correct it when I use the spell checker. I should’ve just used a regular dictionary, instead of googling it.
You can use this mnemonic: facetious is one of the very few words in the English language to use all five vowels once and in the correct order.
Abstemious is the only other one I know of.
It didn’t give you the red underline, because “factitious” is also a word, and MS Word assumed that’s the one you wanted.
Main Entry: fa·ce·tious
Pronunciation: f&-'sE-sh&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French facetieux, from facetie jest, from Latin facetia
Date: 1599
1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately
2 : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious <a facetious remark>
synonym see WITTY
- fa·ce·tious·ly adverb
- fa·ce·tious·ness noun
Spell checkers are wonderfully useful things, but they’re not as smart as they wish they were. For example, the following checker tester will usually slip through:
“Dew knot at tempt. Processional stint drovers on a cloned gorse. All ways wire yore sheet bolt.”
:smack: :dubious:
Eye have a spelling checker
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye rna this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad to no.
It’s very polished in its weigh,
My checker told me sew.
Time for the
Ode to the spellchecker
I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if were laks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults with in my cite,
Of none eye am a wear.
Now spelling does not phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too please.
As you can see there are different versions floating around the Net.
True, although Google will normally offer you alternate spellings if the word you offer is misspelled.