faire demi-tour
\fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\
The verdict
“faire demi-tour” 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) - Tourner sur soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-demi-tour · faire demi-tour · French
faire demi-tour · 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire demi-tour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire demi-tour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ də.mi.tuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire demi-tour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tournant sur le tronc, il fit tout de même demi-tour en reposant le pied libre ; mais pendant qu’il dépêtrait l’autre, le premier se réenfonçait de nouveau, […].
L’Allemand fait demi-tour et glisse vers l'horizon ; mais la mitrailleuse française ne le lâche pas, malgré la menace de deux aviatiks arrivant à tire-d'aile au secours de leur camarade d'escadrille.
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.