faire diligence
\fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“faire diligence” 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) - Se presser ; agir rapidement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-diligence · faire diligence · French
faire diligence · 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 diligence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire diligence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire diligence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ di.li.ʒɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faire diligence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adieu charmant, divin Voltaire ; n’oubliez pas les pauvres mortels de Berlin qui vont faire diligence pour joindre dans peu les dieux de Cirey.
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.