faire des emplettes
\fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\
The verdict
“faire des emplettes” 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) - Faire des achats de plus ou moins grande importance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-des-emplettes · faire des emplettes · French
faire des emplettes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire des emplettes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire des emplettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ de.z‿ɑ̃.plɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faire des emplettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils sont allés en ville faire des emplettes.
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.