faire demi-tour
\fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\
The verdict
“faire demi-tour” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tourner sur soi-même.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire demi-tour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire demi-tour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire demi-tour is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire demi-tour, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire demi-tour, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E-M-I---T-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Tourner sur soi-même.
- 2Partir dans la direction opposée de celle d'où l'on venait.
- 3Changer d’avis ; abandonner.
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.
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Using “faire demi-tour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -D-E-M-I---T-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.