faire chanter
\fɛʁ ʃɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“faire chanter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire exécuter un chant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-chanter · faire chanter · French
faire chanter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 chanter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ʃɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire chanter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire chanter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ ʃɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
faire chanter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire chanter, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -C-H-A-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire exécuter un chant.
- 2Jouer d’un instrument avec brio.
- 3Rendre plus gai.
- 4Imposer le versement d'une redevance.
- 5Obtenir par chantage quelque chose de quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire chanter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il le dit expressément dans une lettre à l’archevêque de Paris en lui ordonnant de faire chanter un Te Deum d’actions de grâces.
Toutes ces qualités réunies permettent à Louis de faire chanter sa trompette beaucoup plus que tout autre instrumentiste, d’en jouer avec une telle maîtrise qu’il parvient à une subtilité d’expression comparable — supérieure même, sur certains points — à celle de sa voix quand il chante.
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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.