faire en sorte

verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Essayer ; s’efforcer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-en-sorte · faire en sorte · French

faire en sorte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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 en sorte
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire en sorte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire en sorte » en français

faire en sortesiège 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 en sorte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Essayer ; s’efforcer.".

faire en sorte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire en sorte, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -E-N- -S-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Essayer ; s’efforcer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En outre, parce que la similarité attire, il est bon de faire en sorte de se découvrir des points de rencontre, puis de les souligner.
  2. Ceci dit. on doit être aussi très attentif pour faire en sorte à ce que ce processus puisse être accéléré pour le faire aboutir.

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 en sorte"?
"faire en sorte" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -E-N- -S-O-R-T-E.
What does "faire en sorte" mean?
As a verb, "faire en sorte" means: Essayer ; s’efforcer.
What language does "faire en sorte" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list