faire dodo

\fɛʁ do.do\

/\fɛʁ do.do\/ verb

The verdict

“faire dodo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dormir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-dodo · faire dodo · French

faire dodo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for faire dodo
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire dodo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ do.do\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire dodo » en français

faire dodosiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faire dodo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ do.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dormir.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire dodo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 dodo, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-O-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dormir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire dodo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fais dodo Colas mon p'tit frère, Fais dodo t'auras du lolo. Maman est en haut qui fait du gâteau, Papa est en bas qui fait du chocolat.
  2. — Viens, ma cocotte, viens faire dodo avec papa ! disait celui-ci, en lui broyant amoureusement les vertèbres.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire dodo"?
"faire dodo" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ do.do\.
What does "faire dodo" mean?
As a verb, "faire dodo" means: Dormir.
How do you pronounce "faire dodo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire dodo" is \fɛʁ do.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire dodo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list