faire froid au cœur

\fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\

/\fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inspirer de la tristesse.

Key facts for faire froid au cœur
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire froid au cœur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faire froid au cœur” sits in French frequency

faire froid au cœur falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

faire froid au cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inspirer de la tristesse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire froid au cœur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faire froid au cœur, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -F-R-O-I-D- -A-U- -C-Œ-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inspirer de la tristesse.

Antonyms

faire chaud au cœur

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 froid au cœur"?
"faire froid au cœur" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -F-R-O-I-D- -A-U- -C-Œ-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\.
What does "faire froid au cœur" mean?
As a verb, "faire froid au cœur" means: Inspirer de la tristesse.
How do you pronounce "faire froid au cœur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire froid au cœur" is \fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire froid au cœur" come from?
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Using “faire froid au cœur”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -F-R-O-I-D- -A-U- -C-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛʁ fʁwa o kœʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list