faire confiance
\fɛʁ kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\
The verdict
“faire confiance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Croire en quelqu'un ou en quelque chose, s'y fier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-confiance · faire confiance · French
faire confiance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 confiance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire confiance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire confiance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Croire en quelqu'un ou en quelque chose, s'y fier.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faire confiance in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faire confiance, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -C-O-N-F-I-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Croire en quelqu'un ou en quelque chose, s'y fier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faire confiance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand j’essayais d'en apprendre plus, Jean-Paul me répondait que l'important était de savoir que l'on pouvait faire confiance à Marc, et que le concours d'un indic' fiable était trop important pour risquer de le perdre.
This word in other languages
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.