faire amende honorable
\fɛ.ʁ‿a.mɑ̃.d‿ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\
The verdict
“faire amende honorable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demander le pardon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-amende-honorable · faire amende honorable · French
faire amende honorable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 amende honorable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿a.mɑ̃.d‿ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire amende honorable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire amende honorable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿a.mɑ̃.d‿ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demander le pardon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for faire amende honorable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire amende honorable, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -A-M-E-N-D-E- -H-O-N-O-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Demander le pardon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire amende honorable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le condamné faisait amende honorable en avouant publiquement le crime pour lequel il avait été jugé.
Je fais ici amende honorable à la mer dont j’avais parlé irrévérencieusement, n’ayant vu que la mer d’Ostende qui n’est autre chose que l’Escaut canalisé, comme le soutenait si spirituellement mon cher ami Fritz.
Synonyms
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.