faire de la lèche
\fɛʁ də la lɛʃ\
The verdict
“faire de la lèche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flatter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-de-la-leche · faire de la lèche · French
faire de la lèche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 de la lèche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ də la lɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire de la lèche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire de la lèche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ də la lɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flatter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire de la lèche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire de la lèche, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -L-A- -L-È-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Flatter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire de la lèche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu fais de la lèche à ma secrétaire pour avoir une augmentation, pas vrai ?
Hélas, les signes de faux respect abondent. Par exemple, la tendance à faire de la lèche aux supérieurs et d’enfoncer les subalternes est assez répandue.
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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.