faire cas
\fɛʁ ka\
The verdict
“faire cas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenir en estime ; avoir bonne opinion, accorder de l’importance à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-cas · faire cas · French
faire cas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 cas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ka\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire cas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire cas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire cas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est le vraisemblable qui nous émeut, et qui nous fait faire cas d’un ouvrage et de son auteur.
Le christianisme n’est rien moins que poli envers les jolies femmes, il n’en fait cas que quand elles sont laides ou surannées.
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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.