faire de l’autostop

\fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\

/\fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\/ verb

The verdict

“faire de l’autostop” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêter un véhicule dans le but de se faire transporter gratuitement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-de-l-autostop · faire de l’autostop · French

faire de l’autostop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for faire de l’autostop
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire de l’autostop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire de l’autostop » en français

faire de l’autostopsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faire de l’autostop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrêter un véhicule dans le but de se faire transporter gratuitement.".

faire de l’autostop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire de l’autostop, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -L-’-A-U-T-O-S-T-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrêter un véhicule dans le but de se faire transporter gratuitement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire de l’autostop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certes, les français voyagent toujours et même plus qu’avant, mais désormais, quel intérêt de faire de l’autostop ?
  2. À Oneglia, j’ai fait de l’autostop, et une voiture m’a prise jusqu’à Pieve...

Synonyms

faire du stopfaire du poucelever le poucepartir sur le pouce

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire de l’autostop"?
"faire de l’autostop" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -L-’-A-U-T-O-S-T-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\.
What does "faire de l’autostop" mean?
As a verb, "faire de l’autostop" means: Arrêter un véhicule dans le but de se faire transporter gratuitement.
How do you pronounce "faire de l’autostop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire de l’autostop" is \fɛʁ də l‿o.tɔ.stɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire de l’autostop" come from?
"faire de l’autostop" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list