faire allusion
\fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“faire allusion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dire ou mentionner de façon allusive, dans un discours, dans un écrit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-allusion · faire allusion · French
faire allusion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | faire allusion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire allusion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire allusion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dire ou mentionner de façon allusive, dans un discours, dans un écrit.".
faire allusion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire allusion, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -A-L-L-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dire ou mentionner de façon allusive, dans un discours, dans un écrit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire allusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La question du déplacement des pôles n'a pas encore rallié, non plus, tous les suffrages, j'y ferai simplement allusion.
Je ne veux pas faire allusion à certaines affirmations formulées ici aujourd’hui, en dépit du bon sens et en dehors de toute mesure, mais il est évident que quelque chose a avancé en Turquie de même que dans cette Assemblée.
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.