faire du pied

\fɛʁ dy pje\

/\fɛʁ dy pje\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toucher le pied de quelqu’un pour lui dire quelque chose ou entrer en contact avec lui.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-du-pied · faire du pied · French

faire du pied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 du pied
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire du pied
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ dy pje\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire du pied » en français

faire du piedsiège 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 du pied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ dy pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for faire du pied in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is faire du pied, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-U- -P-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toucher le pied de quelqu’un pour lui dire quelque chose ou entrer en contact avec lui.
  2. 2
    Faire des avances discrètes, par un contact des pieds ou par un autre moyen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mariette faisait de temps à autre du pied à Hélène et lui adressait des sourires qui se voulaient apaisants.
  2. Ils ont commencé par me regarder, ensuite, ils se sont assis à côté de moi, et le premier m’a fait du pied.

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 du pied"?
"faire du pied" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -D-U- -P-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ dy pje\.
What does "faire du pied" mean?
As a verb, "faire du pied" means: Toucher le pied de quelqu’un pour lui dire quelque chose ou entrer en contact avec lui.
How do you pronounce "faire du pied"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire du pied" is \fɛʁ dy pje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire du pied" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list