faire gaffe
\fɛʁ ɡaf\
The verdict
“faire gaffe” 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) - Faire attention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-gaffe · faire gaffe · French
faire gaffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 gaffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ɡaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire gaffe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire gaffe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ ɡaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire gaffe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire gaffe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -G-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Faire attention.
- 2Remarquer quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire gaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour piter, ça pitait ce jour-là. A telle enseigne qu’accaparé par les girelles et les sarans que je remontais par paquets, je n’ai pas fait gaffe au mistral qui se levait...
Tu te mets sur la vitre de la fenêtre, par transparence tu calques ton dessin sur l’autre page. Tu fais gaffe à calquer juste au poil, sans ça ça va trembler.
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.