faire des emplettes
\fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\
The verdict
“faire des emplettes” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire des achats de plus ou moins grande importance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire des emplettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire des emplettes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire des emplettes is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Faire des achats de plus ou moins grande importance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for faire des emplettes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire des emplettes, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -E-M-P-L-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Faire des achats de plus ou moins grande importance.
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 des emplettes”
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-S- -E-M-P-L-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\ (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.