faire attention
\fɛ.ʁ‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“faire attention” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agir avec prudence ; être attentif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire attention |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire attention” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire attention is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛ.ʁ‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for faire attention in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faire attention, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -A-T-T-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Agir avec prudence ; être attentif.
- 2Être attentif (à quelque chose), remarquer (quelque chose).
- 3Se méfier, prendre garde.
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.
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Using “faire attention”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -A-T-T-E-N-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛ.ʁ‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.