faire banqueroute
\fɛʁ bɑ̃k.ʁut\
The verdict
“faire banqueroute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomber en faillite ; faire faillite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-banqueroute · faire banqueroute · French
faire banqueroute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 banqueroute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ bɑ̃k.ʁut\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire banqueroute » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire banqueroute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ bɑ̃k.ʁut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tomber en faillite ; faire faillite.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire banqueroute, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire banqueroute, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -B-A-N-Q-U-E-R-O-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tomber en faillite ; faire faillite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire banqueroute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En vain l’ambassadeur de France tenta de fléchir les négociateurs américains. Ils se montrèrent implacables. Il fallait se soumettre ou faire banqueroute.
Le dernier pilorié fut un nommé Billard, janséniste, qui, ayant fait banqueroute, s’excusait en disant qu'il avait voulu s'enrichir pour donner aux pauvres.
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.