faire comme si
\fɛʁ kɔm si\
The verdict
“faire comme si” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Simuler ; faire semblant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-comme-si · faire comme si · French
faire comme si · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 comme si |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ kɔm si\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire comme si » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire comme si is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ kɔm si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Simuler ; faire semblant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faire comme si in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire comme si, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -S-I.
Definition
- 1Simuler ; faire semblant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire comme si appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il commença par me dire d’un ton sévère, ou enfin faisant comme si, pour tâter le terrain, qu’il ne faut pas regarder les hommes comme ça.
Nous pouvons nous vanter, parader, faire comme si, mais nous savons très bien, au fond de nous, que ce n'est pas nous qui aurions pu faire ça tout seuls et que nous n'aurions pu songer à le faire sans les fonds de la banque.
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.