faire du mal
\fɛʁ dy mal\
The verdict
“faire du mal” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Blesser.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire du mal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ dy mal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire du mal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire du mal is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ dy mal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for faire du mal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 du mal, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-U- -M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Blesser.
- 2S’infliger des souffrances, le plus souvent psychologiques.
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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 du mal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -D-U- -M-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ dy mal\ (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.