faire allusion

\fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\

/\fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\/ verb

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.

Key facts for faire allusion
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire allusion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire allusion » en français

faire allusionsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Dire ou mentionner de façon allusive, dans un discours, dans un écrit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire allusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La question du déplacement des pôles n'a pas encore rallié, non plus, tous les suffrages, j'y ferai simplement allusion.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire allusion"?
"faire allusion" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -A-L-L-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\.
What does "faire allusion" mean?
As a verb, "faire allusion" means: Dire ou mentionner de façon allusive, dans un discours, dans un écrit.
How do you pronounce "faire allusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire allusion" is \fɛ.ʁ‿a.ly.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire allusion" come from?
"faire allusion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list