faire front
\fɛʁ fʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“faire front” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résister à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-front · faire front · French
faire front · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire front |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ fʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire front » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire front is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ fʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Résister à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire front, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 front, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -F-R-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Résister à quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire front appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toute la carrossée masquée eut fort à faire au bout d’un instant, la multitude se mit à la huer, ce qui est la caresse de la foule aux mascarades ; et les deux masques qui venaient de parler durent faire front à tout le monde avec leurs camarades, et n’eurent pas trop de tous les projectiles du répertoire des halles pour répondre aux énormes coups de gueu…
Il avait un temps envisagé de leur faire front. De leur expliquer leur méprise. Mais ces types ne semblaient pas prêts à entendre raison.
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.