faire cas
\fɛʁ ka\
The verdict
“faire cas” 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tenir en estime ; avoir bonne opinion, accorder de l’importance à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire cas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ka\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire cas” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire cas is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ ka\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tenir en estime ; avoir bonne opinion, accorder de l’importance à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.".
faire cas has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faire cas, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -C-A-S.
Definition
- 1Tenir en estime ; avoir bonne opinion, accorder de l’importance à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
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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 cas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -C-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ ka\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.