faire diligence
\fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“faire diligence” 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) - Se presser ; agir rapidement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire diligence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire diligence” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire diligence is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\. 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: "Se presser ; agir rapidement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire diligence, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faire diligence, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-I-L-I-G-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Se presser ; agir rapidement.
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 diligence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -D-I-L-I-G-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.