en faire des tonnes
\ɑ̃ fɛʁ dɛ tɔn\
The verdict
“en faire des tonnes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jouer la comédie à outrance, exagérer beaucoup.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-faire-des-tonnes · en faire des tonnes · French
en faire des tonnes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en faire des tonnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ fɛʁ dɛ tɔn\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en faire des tonnes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en faire des tonnes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃ fɛʁ dɛ tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jouer la comédie à outrance, exagérer beaucoup.".
Zero misspellings are on record for en faire des tonnes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is en faire des tonnes, spelled E-N- -F-A-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -T-O-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Jouer la comédie à outrance, exagérer beaucoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en faire des tonnes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Purée, on en fait des tonnes à chaque mauve qui sort de Neerpede... (sélectionner Léoni en équipe nationale est bien trop tôt)
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.