Explore seven common contours with visual comparisons and practical hair and glasses ideas. Most faces share features with more than one shape.
Find my face shape →oval
round
square
Moderately long, with the forehead a little wider than the jaw and a softly rounded chin.
Measurements & style ideas →Similar in length and width, with a soft jaw that curves instead of turning a corner.
Measurements & style ideas →Short and wide like a round face, but with a jaw that turns a clear corner below the ear.
Measurements & style ideas →The longest of the seven profiles, with widths that stay fairly even from forehead to jaw.
Measurements & style ideas →A wide forehead narrowing to a pointed chin, often with a widow's peak.
Measurements & style ideas →Widest at the cheekbones, with both a narrow forehead and a narrow, pointed chin.
Measurements & style ideas →A jaw wider than the forehead — the inverse of the heart profile.
Measurements & style ideas →Start with the feature that best separates two close matches.
Start with the jaw corner. Both profiles can be short and wide; a round outline curves through the corner, while a square outline turns more distinctly.
Width measurements alone can leave these two close. Our shape matcher also uses jaw and chin angles.
See the difference →Look at length relative to cheek width. Both contours taper softly, but the oblong profile is longer. Our reference length/width values are 1.44 for oval and 1.64 for oblong.
Those values describe this tool's profiles; they are not hard boundaries or population norms.
See the difference →Compare forehead width with cheek width. Both can taper toward a pointed chin. A heart outline is wider at the forehead; a diamond is widest at the cheeks.
Keep the temples visible. Hair can hide the width that helps distinguish these profiles.
See the difference →The photo tool compares face length, forehead, cheek and jaw widths, plus jaw and chin angles. These are visible landmarks, not direct measurements of bone or an exact hairline. A manual measurement option is available in the detector.
The guides offer styling conventions and choices, not rules about how you should look.
Use these original charts in articles, educational materials and social posts with attribution to AI Rate Face and a link to the source below. This permission applies to these three charts. If you adapt one, identify your changes and keep the illustration and reference-value notes.
Seven contour illustrations with the features that distinguish them. Reference values describe this tool's profiles, not population norms.
7 Face Shapes Atlas. AI Rate Face (2026), version 1. https://airateface.com/face-shapes#face-shape-atlas
Published September 14, 2026 · Version 1
Oval vs oblong, round vs square, and heart vs diamond, with the measurement to compare in each pair.
Compare Similar Face Shapes. AI Rate Face (2026), version 1. https://airateface.com/face-shapes#comparison-charts
Published September 14, 2026 · Version 1
The three ratios and two angles used by the classifier, including the difference between a visible forehead landmark and the hairline.
How AI Measures Face Shape. AI Rate Face (2026), version 1. https://airateface.com/face-shapes#five-measurements
Published September 14, 2026 · Version 1
