faire faillite
\fɛʁ fa.jit\
The verdict
“faire faillite” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tomber en faillite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire faillite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ fa.jit\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire faillite” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire faillite is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ fa.jit\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tomber en faillite.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire faillite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 faillite, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -F-A-I-L-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tomber en faillite.
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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 faillite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -F-A-I-L-L-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ fa.jit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.